Code talker

Chester Nez

About this book

Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret military language based on his native language during World War II that became the only unbroken code in modern warfare.

Subjects

  • american personal narratives
  • biography
  • cryptography
  • indian
  • indian participation
  • indians of north america, biography
  • indians of north america, southwest, new
  • marines
  • military participation
  • navajo code talkers
  • navajo indians
  • personal narratives
  • united states
  • united states. marine corps
  • united states, marine corps, biography
  • world war, 1939-1945
  • world war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american