It Had To Be Done: The Navajo Code Talkers Remember World War II

Cortaro, AZ: Whispering Dove Design, 2008 Whispering Dove Design, Cortaro, AZ. 2008. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Published March 2008. Signed 08 OCT 2008 by Jack Jones, Albert Smith, Samuel Tso, Keith Little, Jimmy Begay, Chester Nez, and Bill Toledo on the title page. Signed by Keith Little, Alfred Newman, Samuel Tso, Wilford Buck, Jimmy Begay, Chester Nez, and Bill Toledo on the dedication page. Keith Little also signed on page 11 and Bill Toledo on page 37. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the title page. Book Condition: Near Fine; light corner bumping; light rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 91 pp 4to. In early 1942 a group of 29 Navajo Marines fresh out of boot camp were taken to a room to devise a military code based on their native unwritten Navajo language that the military could use in the Pacific Theater with them being the radio men. This book documents the formation and use of the Navajo Code, the Navajo Code Talkers themselves, their upbringing of racism and boarding schools. The code was usable, unbreakable, and saved many Marines' lives. A clean very presentable copy.