02734cam a2200553 i 4500 791274502 TxAuBib 20230505120000.0 940805s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781887896320 pbk. 1887896325 pbk. TxAuBib rda McClain, S., (Sally.) Navajo weapon [(PB)] : the Navajo code talkers / Sally McClain. Tucson, Ariz : Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2001. Tucson, Ariz : Rio Nuevo Publishers, [2001] ©2001. vi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier DONATED BY MEREDITH LEIGH WARREN. Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296) and index. Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dine Bikeyah (Land of the people), 1926 -- Empire of the rising sun, 1920-1941 -- Search for secrecy - Navajo recruits -- Birth of the code -- Enemy awaits -- Navajo code school - Final phase of Guadalcanal -- Bougainville -- Cape Gloucester, New Britain -- Johnston's betrayal -- Saipan, Tinian, Guam & Peleliu -- Iwo Jima -- fight for Motoyama air fields -- last days -- War's end -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index. Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, and featuring the original code dictionary, Navajo Weapon tells how the code talkers created a unique code within a code, served their country in combat, and saved American lives. 20230505. United States Marine Corps Indians. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Indian. World War, 1939-1945 Communications. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean. Navajo Indians History. Navajo language Dictionaries. Navajo language. World War, 1939-1945. Navajo Indians. Indians of North America. Indians of North America History. Cryptography. Communication history Pacific Ocean. Communication history United States. Indians, North American history Pacific Ocean. Indians, North American history United States. Military Personnel history Pacific Ocean. Military Personnel history United States. World War II Pacific Ocean. World War II United States. Dictionaries.