Pub Date: October 26, 2021
Dewey: 940.548673
LCCN: 2021020923
Lexile Code: 0960
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.20" H x 7.40" L x 5.30" W ( 0.26 lbs) 112 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Native American | History | Military and Wars | United States 20th Century
Series: Who Was?
Description: "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"--