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Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers

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2023

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Title:	Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers
Author:	Landry, Alysa, author.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	Athens : Ohio University Press, [2023] ©2023
Description:	123 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary:	"Through Thomas H. Begay's singular story, this richly illustrated biography for young readers describes aspects of Navajo history and culture and shows how a select group of Navajo soldiers used their native Diné language to invent and operate a secret communications system that was crucial to a US victory in the Pacific during World War II."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience:	Ages 8-13. Ohio University Press. Grades 4-6. Ohio University Press.
Series:	Biographies for young readers Biographies for young readers.
Subjects:	Begay, Thomas H., 1926- -- Juvenile literature. United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th. Navajo code talkers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature. Navajo Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. United States -- Armed Forces -- Indian troops -- History -- Juvenile literature. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.
Genre:	Biographies.
Other Title:	Navajo Code Talkers
Contents:	In the Thick of the War -- The Navajo People -- The Strange Call to Duty -- The Original 29 -- An Unbreakable Code -- A Classified Mission -- Service in the Pacific Theater -- Victory at Iwo Jima -- Delayed Recognition -- International Heroes.
ISBN	9780821425060

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