01970cam a2200301 i 4500 2453428834 TxAuBib 20250721120000.0 120524t20122011||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780425247853 pbk. 0425247856 pbk. (OCoLC)794814668 TxAuBib rda Code talker : the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII / by Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila ; foreword by Jeff Bingaman. Berkley Caliber trade paperback edition. New York : Berkley Caliber, 2012. ©2011. 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier His name wasn't Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn't stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength--both physical and mental--to excel as a Marine. During World War II, the Japanese had managed to crack every code the United States used. But when the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret military language, they created the only unbroken code in modern warfare--and helped assure victory for the United States over Japan in the South Pacific. 20250721. United States Marine Corps Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Indian. Marines United States Biography.