Codetalkers biblio

Tue Jun 18 13:17:01 UTC 2002

NAVAJO CODE TALKERS: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bernstein, Alison R. American Indians and World War II: Toward a New Era
in Indian Affairs Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

Bixler, Margaret T. Winds of Freedom: The Story of the Navajo Code
Talkers of World War II. Darien, CT: Two Bytes Pub. Co., 1992.

"Comanches Again Called for Army Code Service." New York Times (13 Dec.
1940): 16.

Davis, Goode, Jr. "Proud Tradition of the Marines' Navajo Code Talkers:
They Fought With Words-Words No Japanese Could Fathom." Marine Corps
League 46, no.1 (Spring 1990): 16-26.

"DOD Hails Indian Code Talkers." Sea Services Weekly (27 Nov. 1992):
9-10.

Donovan, Bill. "Navajo Code Talkers Made History Without Knowing It."
Arizona Republic (14 Aug. 1992): B6.

Hafford, William E. "The Navajo Code Talkers." Arizona Highways 65, no.2
(Feb. 1989): 36-45.

Jere, Franco. Patriotism on Trial: Native Americans in World War II. Ann
Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International,1990.

Kahn, David. The Codebreakers. New York: Macmillan, 1967. See pp.
549-50.

Kawano, Kenji. Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland
Pub. Co., 1990.

King, Jodi A. "DOD Dedicates Code Talkers Display" Pentagram (24 Sep.
1992): 3.

Langille, Vernon. "Indian War Call." Leatherneck 31, No.3 (Mar.1948):
37-40.

Marder, Murrey. "Navajo Code Talkers." Marine Corps Gazette (Sep. 1945):
10-11.

McCoy, Ron. "Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: Indian Marines
Befuddled the Enemy." American West 18, no.6 (Nov./Dec. 1981): 67-73,
75.

Paul, Doris Atkinson. The Navajo Code Talkers. Philadelphia: Dorance,
1973.

"Pentagon Ceremony Praises American Indians." Crosswind (13 Nov.1992):
14-15.

"Pentagon Honors Navajos, Code Nobody Could Break." Arizona Republic (18
Sep. 1992): A9.

USMC. Navajo Dictionary. 15 June 1945. (Code word dictionary).

Watson, Bruce. "Navajo Code Talkers: A Few Good Men." Smithsonian 24,
no.5 (Aug. 1993): 34-40, 42-43.

ITEMS IN NAVY DEPARTMENT LIBRARY VERTICAL FILE

Reference Section, History and Museums Division, HQMC. "Navajo Code
Talkers in World War II." 14 May 1982. 2 pp.

Reagan, Ronald. "Certificate of Appreciation to the Navajo Code
Talkers." December 1981. [photocopy of 1-page document].

ARCHIVAL RECORDS RELATING TO NAVAJO CODE TALKERS, WORLD WAR II

Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC.
20374-0580. Tel.(202)433-3841.

Oral interviews with former Navajo code talkers during the first reunion
of Navajo Code Talkers of World War II    at Window Rock AZ, 9-10 July
1971.

Marine Corps Oral History Program:     John Benally, 32 pp; Judge W.
Dean Wilson (William Dean Yazzie), 20 pp; Paul Blatchford, 27 pp; Sidney

Bedoni, 13 pp; Alex Williams, Sr., 21 pp; Carl Gorman, 3 pp; Wilfred
Billey, 13 pp, Jimmy King, Sr.,36 pp.

Duke University Indian Oral History Project:
Dan Akee, 16 pp; Sidney Bedoni, 29 pp; Thomas Claw, 27 pp; Teddy Draper,
42 pp; Harold Y. Foster, 14 pp; Rev. R.O. Hawthorn, 29 pp; Samuel T.
Holiday, 20 pp; Dennie Hosteen, 31 pp; William McCabe, 56 pp; James
Nahkai, Jr., 34 pp; Pete Sandovall, 29 pp; Samuel J. Smith, Sr. 45 pp;
George B. Soce, 44 pp.; Frank  Thompson, 20 pp; Raphael Yazzie, 61 pp.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA):

Records located at Washington National Records Center (WNRC)
Suitland MD (records will be relocated to College Park MD).
Tel.(301)763-7410.

     RG127. Entry 18. Office of the Commandant-General Correspondence
(Jan. 1939-Jun. 1950):
     File #1535-75, folders: 13-14, 17-20.
     File #2185-20, folder 4.

Record located at Military Reference Branch, Washington DC 20408.
Tel.(202) 501-5671.

     Utilization of American Indians as Communications Linguists.
Special Research History (SRH) #120,    107pp, RG457 (declassified by
National Security Agency).

>>> Emily McEwan-Fujita <e-mcewan at uchicago.edu> 06/17/02 22:32 PM >>>
Does anyone know of a good history (or ethnography) of the Windtalkers,
either in article or in book form? Or if such a study or account does
not
exist, is anyone currently working on one or planning to do one?

On June 12 on NPR's Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviewed one of the
original
windtalkers. The interview can be found at:
http://freshair.npr.org/guestInfoFA.cfm?name=2002/royhawthorne
(If this link doesn't work, then just search the Fresh Air site for the
name "Roy Hawthorne".)

And if anyone is interested, one of my relatives told me that the Burger

King in Kayenta, Arizona (Navajo County), has a museum-like display of
photos and descriptions of the Windtalkers.

Thanks,

Emily McEwan-Fujita