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Title Who were the Navajo code talkers? / James Buckley, Jr. ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland.
Author Buckley, James, Jr., 1963- author.
Publisher New York : Penguin Workshop, 2021.
Copyright ©2021
Description 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and timelines.
NOTE Accelerated Reader MG 6.5 1 514745
Contents Who were the Navajo code talkers? -- The Navajo -- Marine boot camp -- The secret language of war -- Creating the Navajo code -- The code in action -- Code-talker life -- Iwo Jima -- Going home -- Delayed honors.
Summary "By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code, recounts some of their riskiest missions, and discusses how the country treated them before, during, and after the war"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.
960L Lexile
Subject United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile literature.
Navajo language -- Juvenile literature.
Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile literature.
Navajo Indians -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Biographies.
Series Who was...?
Add'l Names Copeland, Gregory, illustrator.
Other title Navajo code talkers
ISBN 9780399542657
0399542655
9781713786429