Primary' sources, firsthand accounts, and an engaging narrative examine the role of the Navajos who utilized their native language in a code during World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, these war patriots were credited with playing a m...
Documents the story of four hundred Navajo men who were recruited by the U.S. Army during World War II to send secret coded messages based on their Navajo language. Reissue.
Using their native language, the Navajo Marines played an invaluable part in World War II as they sent messages, did maneuvers, and completed tasks with words that couldn't be deciphered by the enemy. Reprint.
Using their native language, the Navajo Marines played an invaluable part in World War II as they sent messages, did maneuvers, and completed tasks with words that couldn't be deciphered by the enemy.
This volume details elements of the creation of director John Woo's 2002 film, WINDTALKERS. It includes interviews with various key cast and crew members, discussion of the special effects, and an in-depth look at the Navajo "code talkers,"...
Discusses the establishment of the Marine Corps unit made up of Navajo Indians who served as radio operators, using their own language as a secret code, during World War II.
During World War II, as the Japanese were breaking American codes as quickly as they could be devised, a small group of Navajo Marines provided their country with its only totally secure cryptography. The photographer has recorded them as t...