MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 97050083
003 DLC
005 20050726125418.0
008 971117s1998 nyua c b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aD810.C88$bD87 1998
082 00 $a940.54/8673$221
100 1 $aDurrett, Deanne,$d1940-
245 10 $aUnsung heroes of World War II :$bthe story of the Navajo code talkers /$cDeanne Durrett.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bFacts on File,$cc1998.
300 $avi, 122 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aLibrary of American Indian history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index (p. 119-122)
520 $aDescribes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCryptography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Indian$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aNavajo language$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aNavajo code talkers$vJuvenile literature.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps$xIndian troops$vJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Indian.
610 11 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps$xIndian troops.
650 1 $aCryptography.
650 1 $aNavajo code talkers.
650 1 $aNavajo Indians.
650 1 $aIndians of North America$zSouthwest, New.