The Navajo Code Talkers / Adam Jevec and Lee Ann Potter.
by Jevec, Adam; Potter, Lee Ann; Chinni, Dante; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 16Global Issues. Publisher: Social Education, 2001; Christian Science Monitor (United Media), 2001ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Communications -- Military | Congressional Gold Medal | Indians of North America | Navajo Indians | World War, 1939-1945 -- Communications | World War, 1939-1945 -- VeteransDDC classification: 050 Summary: THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS -- "The ability to send and receive codes without the risk of the enemy deciphering the transmission was the most desirable end result of military secrecy....During World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps, in an effort to find quicker and more secure ways to send and receive code, enlisted Navajos as 'code talkers.'" (SOCIAL EDUCATION) This article uses a primary document to examine how Navajo Indians aided the U.S. during World War II by using their language to pass secret codes.Summary: NAVAJO HEROES--CODE TALKERS 60 YEARS LATER: SUDDEN CELEBRITY -- Chester Nez "and three other surviving Navajos were...honored for their work in developing an unbreakable code, based on their native tongue, during World War II. They were among 29 original 'Navajo Code Talkers' who were instrumental in helping US forces sneak messages past the Japanese. On Thursday [July 26, 2001], the government awarded all of the original Code Talkers with congressional Gold Medals for their service." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article describes the belated recognition that the Navajo Code Talkers are receiving, including congressional Gold Medals and a movie based ont he secret project.
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: The Navajo Code Talkers, Sept. 2001; pp. 262-268.
Originally Published: Navajo Heroes--Code Talkers 60 Years Later: Sudden Celebrity, July 30, 2001; pp. n.p.
THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS -- "The ability to send and receive codes without the risk of the enemy deciphering the transmission was the most desirable end result of military secrecy....During World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps, in an effort to find quicker and more secure ways to send and receive code, enlisted Navajos as 'code talkers.'" (SOCIAL EDUCATION) This article uses a primary document to examine how Navajo Indians aided the U.S. during World War II by using their language to pass secret codes.
NAVAJO HEROES--CODE TALKERS 60 YEARS LATER: SUDDEN CELEBRITY -- Chester Nez "and three other surviving Navajos were...honored for their work in developing an unbreakable code, based on their native tongue, during World War II. They were among 29 original 'Navajo Code Talkers' who were instrumental in helping US forces sneak messages past the Japanese. On Thursday [July 26, 2001], the government awarded all of the original Code Talkers with congressional Gold Medals for their service." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article describes the belated recognition that the Navajo Code Talkers are receiving, including congressional Gold Medals and a movie based ont he secret project.
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