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The Navajo code talkers / by Paul, Doris A.(Doris Atkinson)(CARDINAL)506231;
Bibliography: pages 169-170.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo Indians.; Navajo code talkers.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Navajo code talkers / by Burbank, Danielle C.,author.(CARDINAL)897023;
Yá'át'ééh! Greetings! -- Navajo code talkers -- Diné lifeways -- Schools on the reservation -- Entering World War II -- Crafting a dictionary -- Code talkers in combat -- Returning home -- Celebrating heroes -- Glossary -- Index -- Quiz."Learn all about the talented Navajo code talkers during World War II with this fun-filled nonfiction reader--carefully leveled to help children progress . . . 'Navajo Code Talkers' will introduce kids to the Navajo code talkers sending top-secret messages in code based on their native languages during World War II . . . and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading"--Provided by publisher.Reading level 4 for confident readers ready for a challenge.
Subjects: Informational works.; Readers (Publications); Documents d'information.; United States. Marine Corps; Navajo code talkers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Indian code talkers;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The Navajo code talkers / by Lewis, J. Patrick,author.(CARDINAL)752593; Kelley, Gary,1945-illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references."Amidst a complicated history of mistreatment by and distrust of the American government, the Navajo people--especially bilingual code talkers--helped the Allies win World War II"--980LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: United States. Marine Corps; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo language; Navajo code talkers; Navajo Indians;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Navajo code talkers : secret American Indian Heroes of World War II / by Baker, Brynn,author.(CARDINAL)615889;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index."Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Navajo code talkers and the impact they made during times of war and conflict"--Ages 8-10.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: United States. Marine Corps; Navajo code talkers; Navajo Indians; Navajo language; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Navajo weapon : the Navajo code talkers / by McClain, S.(Sally)(CARDINAL)437063;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296) and index.Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dine Bikeyah (Land of the people), 1926 -- Empire of the rising sun, 1920-1941 -- Search for secrecy - Navajo recruits -- Birth of the code -- Enemy awaits -- Navajo code school - Final phase of Guadalcanal -- Bougainville -- Cape Gloucester, New Britain -- Johnston's betrayal -- Saipan, Tinian, Guam & Peleliu -- Iwo Jima -- fight for Motoyama air fields -- last days -- War's end -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Dictionaries.; United States. Marine Corps; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo Indians; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo language;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Secrets of Navajo code talkers / by Thomas, Rachael L.,author.(CARDINAL)793896;
Includes bibliographical references and index.America at war -- The Navajo people -- Building the code -- Navajo code in battle -- Conclusion -- Crack it! Translate coded messages."Cryptology was key to the success of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Learn more is this introduction the Navajo and why and how their language was well-suited to being used for coded messages."--Ages 8-12.Grades 4-6.880LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: United States. Marine Corps; Navajo code talkers; Navajo language; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Warriors : Navajo code talkers / by Kawano, Kenji,1949-(CARDINAL)359240;
Subjects: Portraits.; Navajo code talkers; Navajo language.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Navajo code talkers of World War II. [videorecording] by Gateway Films,publisher.(CARDINAL)179360;
Director of photography, Vincent M. Gancie ; editors, Richard Fox Hartwell, Ric Pierpoint ; original music, Peter Kehoe ; Native American flute, Aaron Otto ; narrator, Bob Elliott.Featuring USMC WWII veterans: Teddy Driver, Keith Little, Samuel Sandoval, Albert Smith, Samuel Jesse Smith, Samuel Tso.The documentary provides viewers with highly personal insights from a group of Native American war heroes regarding their service on behalf of the United States and the Navajo Nation. The secret code these marines developed, based on the unwritten Navajo language, was never broken, giving American troops an upper hand in many battles that ultimately led to Japan's surrender in 1945.DVD; Widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Nonfiction films.; Documentary films.; United States. Marine Corps; Navajo code talkers.; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo Indians.; Navajo language.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Who were the Navajo code talkers? / by Buckley, James,Jr.,1963-author.(CARDINAL)345237; Copeland, Gregory,illustrator.(CARDINAL)352416;
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).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 -- Timelines."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."--Ages 8-12.960LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; United States. Marine Corps; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo Indians; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo code talkers; Navajo language;
Available copies: 47 / Total copies: 52
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Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers / by Landry, Alysa,author.(CARDINAL)866300;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122).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."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."--Ages 8-13Grades 4-6
Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Begay, Thomas H., 1926-; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 5th; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo code talkers; World War, 1939-1945; Navajo Indians;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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