Title |
Unsung heroes of World War II : the story of the Navajo code talkers
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Book Number |
DB049188
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Names |
Durrett, Deanne.
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Title Status |
Available for Request
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Describes the role of the Navajo marines, nicknamed the Code Talkers, who developed a code based on their Native American language during World War II. Explains that this information system provided a means for secured communications among American forces in the Pacific during the warfare. For grades 6-9.
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Narrator |
Wallace, Bill.
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Length |
3 hours, 41 minutes
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Local Subject |
Juvenile Book - JU
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Young Adult Book - YA
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Young Adult Nonfiction - YN
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War - World War II (Nonfiction) - WW2N
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History - U.S. - 20th Century - HUS20
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Juvenile Nonfiction, Grades 5-8 - JN5
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War (Nonfiction) - WARN
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Biography - Native American - BINA
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History - Native American - HSNAM
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Native American Interest - NAI
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Juvenile Nonfiction - JN
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History - Europe - HSEU
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LC Subject |
Cryptography - Juvenile literature
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Indians of North America - Southwest, New - Juvenile literature
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Navajo Indians - Juvenile literature
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Navajo language - Juvenile literature
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World War, 1939-1945 - Cryptography - Juvenile literature
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World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Indian - Juvenile literature
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Language |
English
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York, NY : Facts on File, c1998.
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