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Under the eagle : Samuel Holiday, Navajo code talker / Samuel Holiday and Robert S. McPherson.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2013Description: xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780806143897
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.54/8673092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • D810.C88 H65 2013
Contents:
Introduction: Decoding the Past : Origin and Context of Under the Eagle -- Establishing Beliefs : Birth and Early Years -- DineÌ Language and Control : Boarding School and Enlistment -- Training and Protection : Preparation for War -- Traditional and Contemporary Combat : First Encounter : Kwajalein -- The Hard Edge of Combat : Saipan and Tinian : Protection Made Tangible -- The Final Crucible : Iwo Jima : The Code Talkers' Triumph -- After the War : A Different Kind of Battle -- Recognition and Reconciliation : Samuel and the Code Talkers Association.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Decoding the Past : Origin and Context of Under the Eagle -- Establishing Beliefs : Birth and Early Years -- DineÌ Language and Control : Boarding School and Enlistment -- Training and Protection : Preparation for War -- Traditional and Contemporary Combat : First Encounter : Kwajalein -- The Hard Edge of Combat : Saipan and Tinian : Protection Made Tangible -- The Final Crucible : Iwo Jima : The Code Talkers' Triumph -- After the War : A Different Kind of Battle -- Recognition and Reconciliation : Samuel and the Code Talkers Association.

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