Deanne Durrett

Unsung Heroes of World War II

The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Navajo Code was the only battlefield code that Japan never deciphered. This book details the history of the men who created this secret code and used it on the battlefield to help the United States win World War II in the Pacific.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9780803224568
• ISBN-10: 0803224567
• Artikelnr.: 26014435

Autorenporträt

Deanne Durrett has published numerous nonfiction books and biographies for children and young adults, plus two "as told to" memoirs for adult readers.   For more information about Ms. Durrett's books please visit her Web Site at http://www.deannedurrett.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1: The Navajo
2: Birth of the Idea
3: The Original 29
4: Special Assignment
5: The Navajo School
6: The Code Talkers Hit Guadalcanal
7: The Navajo Code in Operation
8: The Code Talkers' Shining Hour
9: Home Again
10: The Code Talkers' Contribution
Afterword
Selected Further Reading List
Index