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20th Century Warriors: Native American Participation in the United States Military
URL: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-1.htm

Description:
This site documents recent Native American participation in United States military actions. Find a summary of 20th century activity, Medal of Honor winners, and a history of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, who transmitted crucial information by the virtually unbreakable "code" of the Navajo language. Includes a Navajo Code Talker dictionary. From the Naval Historical Center of the Department of the Navy.

Publisher:
Naval Historical Center, U.S. Department of the Navy

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Indians of North America
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Indian
LII classic content
United States -- Armed Forces
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Indian
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian

LII Database Information:
Record 3086 created by Karen Schneider on 08/26/2003
Last modification on 11/24/2004
Published: 08/26/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3086