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SUMMARY:Southwest Reads: Code Talker
DESCRIPTION:Discuss the stories of the Southwest with the Southwest Reads 
 book club! Please note that due to the Thanksgiving Holiday\, this 
 discussion will happen a week earlier than usual\, on November 
 19th.\n\nThis month's read is Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One 
 of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez and Judith 
 Schiess Avila.\n\n\nHis name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English 
 name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort 
 Defiance\, he was punished for speaking his native language\, as the 
 teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But 
 discrimination didn’t stop Chester from answering the call to defend his 
 country after Pearl Harbor\, for the Navajo have always been warriors\, and 
 his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength—both 
 physical and mental—to excel as a marine.\n\nDuring World War II\, the 
 Japanese had managed to crack every code the United States used. But when 
 the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret 
 military language\, they created the only unbroken code in modern 
 warfare—and helped assure victory for the United States over Japan in the 
 South Pacific.\n\n\n Pick up a copy of this month's book from the Downtown 
 Library Information Desk. Email libraryprograms@flagstaffpubliclibrary.org 
 or call 928-213-2331 for additional information.\n\n\nTo hear about all our 
 upcoming programs\, sign up for our weekly email blast at 
 tiny.cc/fplnewsletter
LOCATION:Downtown Library Community Room (Capacity 41)\, Downtown Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Corcoran":MAILTO:mcorcoran@flagstaffpubliclibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Book Discussions and Author Talks
CONTACT;CN="Mary Corcoran":MAILTO:mcorcoran@flagstaffpubliclibrary.org
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