The Comanche code talkers of World War II / William C. Meadows.

Author/creator Meadows, William C., 1966-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
Descriptionxxvi, 280 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Notes on the Comanche sound system / by Jean O. Charney -- The origins of Native American code talking -- Native American veterans and code talkers in World War II -- "Get him back on that scale and weigh him again!" -- "Utekwapa naka = I hear what you say" -- Fighting Po'sataiboo' : Crazy White Man -- "Numurekwa'etuu = Comanche speakers!" -- Appendix A, Members of Company E, 142d Infantry, Thirty-sixth Division, World War I. Appendix B, World War I Choctaw code talkers. Appendix C, Organization of the Fourth Infantry Division, 1941-1945. Appendix D, Combat narrative of the Fourth Infantry Division. Appendix E, Fourth Infantry Division campaign (June 6, 1944 to May 8, 1945). Appendix F, Fourth Signal Company activities, 1940-1945. Appendix G, Glossary of Comanche code terms. Appendix H, Known Native American code talkers of World Wars I and II (tribes, group size, form of code talking, and military units).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-274) and index.
Bibliography noteFilmography: p. 274.
LCCN 2002006779
ISBN0292752636 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292752741 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks D810.C88 M43 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold