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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meadows, William C., 1966-
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indigenous.
Comanche people.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Normandy.
Physical Description:xxvi, 280 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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).