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Article: Bruchac, Joseph. Code talker; a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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BRUCHAC, Joseph. Code talker; a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two. Penguin, Dial. 240p. bibliog. c2005. 0-8037-2971-9. $16.99. JS
Ned Begay leaves his sheepherding Navajo family at age six for a strict mission school, where his mouth is washed out with soap for speaking his native language and he is told to forget about his heritage. Years later he is delighted when the Marines come to specifically recruit Navajos for "special duty" in WW II and Ned discovers, on enlisting at age 16, that it is their unique language the Marines prize. He joins the all-Navajo 297th Platoon and is sent to a special code school, where he learns an unbreakable ...