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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meadows, William C., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Cryptography.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.

Comanche Indians.

World War, 1939-1945--France--Normandy.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 280 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

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).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-274), filmography and index.

ISBN:

0292752636

0292752741

OCLC:

49773679