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Code talkers and warriors : Native Americans and World War II  Cover Image Book Book

Code talkers and warriors : Native Americans and World War II / Tom Holm.

Holm, Tom, 1946- (Author).

Summary:

Traces the history of Native American participation in the U.S. armed forces, focusing on the contributions of the Navajo and Comanche Code Talkers to the World War II effort.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780791093405 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 0791093409 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 168 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Chelsea House, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Native Americans in the U.S. armed forces -- "The Indian enlists" -- Native Americans in the Pacific Theater -- The Navajo code talkers -- Native Americans in the European Theater -- The Comanche code talkers -- The war at home -- The legacy of Native American participation in World War II.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian > Juvenile literature.
United States > Armed Forces > Indians > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography > Juvenile literature.
Indian code talkers > Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian.
United States > Armed Forces > Indians.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography.
Indian code talkers.
Indians of North America > History > 20th century.
Soldat.
Code.
Kryptologie.
Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
USA.
Indianer.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

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