Chester Nez and the unbreakable code: a Navajo code talker's story

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Author:
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Language:
English
Lexile measure:
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Amini-Holmes, Lizillustrator. Illustrator
ISBN:
9780807500071
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Lexile measure:
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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.
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Biographies
Marines -- United States -- Biography
Marines -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Navajo Indians -- Biography
Navajo Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Navajo code talkers -- Biography
Navajo code talkers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Nez, Chester, -- 1921-2014
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American -- Juvenile literature
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Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story
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Chester Nez and the unbreakable code : a Navajo code talker's story / Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes
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Chester Nez and the unbreakable code
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a Navajo code talker's story
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Cryptography
Marines
Navajo Indians
Navajo code talkers
Nez, Chester
Participation, Indian
World War, 1939-1945

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