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

Author: Holiday, Samuel Tom, 1924-2018.

ImprintNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.

Descriptionxi, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Note:Introduction: Decoding the Past : Origin and Context of Under the Eagle -- Establishing Beliefs : Birth and Early Years -- Diné 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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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Author:
Holiday, Samuel Tom, 1924-2018.
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Holiday, Samuel Tom, 1924-2018.
Subject:
United States Marine Corps -- Biography.
Navajo code talkers -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.
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Index Term - Genre/Form
Primary sources.
Autobiographies.
Contributor
McPherson, Robert S., 1947-