Filter By Genres
bibliography biography Comic books, strips, etc. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels.Filter By Genres
bibliography biography Comic books, strips, etc. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels.Bruchac, Joseph
Summary: "As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NEZCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NEZHoliday, Samuel
Summary: "Samuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by the Marine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit secret communications on the battlefield. Under the Eagle ranges from Holiday's childhood years in rural Monument Valley, Utah, into the world of the United States's Pacific campaign against Japan--to Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. Central to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 HOLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLSummary: "There has been a great deal of writing the past several decades about Native American Code Talkers of World War Two. The published works have been about Navajos and the tremendous contribution they made in the Pacific campaigns of the war. What is often overlooked is the role played in both World Wars by men of other tribes. There were Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek and other tribal...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2019