Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews with all surviving members of the Comanche Code Talkers, their original training officer, and fellow soldiers, as well as military records and news accounts, William C. Meadows follows the group from their recruitment and training to
Trade Review"Of all the books on Native American service in the U.S. armed forces, this is the best... Readers will find the story of the Comanche Code Talkers compelling, humorous, thought-provoking, and inspiring." - Tom Holm, author of Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Comanche Sound System by Jean O. Charney
- Chapter 1: The Origins of Native American Code Talking
- Chapter 2: Native American Veterans and Code Talkers in World War II
- Chapter 3: "Get him back on that scale and weigh him again!"
- Chapter 4: "Utekwapa naka: I hear what you say."
- Chapter 5: Fighting Po'sataiboo': Crazy White Man
- Chapter 6: "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)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
