tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post3768925949253170557..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Navajo codetalker writes memoirRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-54932591285688276522012-03-05T09:15:14.848-08:002012-03-05T09:15:14.848-08:00For more on the subject, see:
http://indiancountr...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/02/code-talker-the-first-and-only-memoir-by-one-of-the-original-navajo-code-talkers-of-wwii<br /><br /><b>Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII</b><br /><br />No doubt about it: Chester Nez is a true American hero. And in a delightful new book, <i>Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII</i> (Berkley Hardcover, 2011), he takes his readers into the under-explored world of the Navajo code talkers.<br /><br />This first authentic, detailed, eyewitness account of Navajo code talking ever published is a welcome addition not only to military history in general, but also to the long and distinguished history of Native American military service. Previously the story of the Navajo code talkers, who served in every Marines assault of the Pacific theater from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, had only been related in broad terms, with little cultural context. But as Nez makes very clear, these brave and unselfish men used their native Diné language—which they were forbidden to speak in boarding school—to transmit coded messages by telephone and radio. In the process they made an invaluable cultural contribution to the United States’ war effort, with scant thanks or recognition.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com