Podcast appearances and mentions of chester nez

Code Talker by Chester Nez is a fantastic memoir by one of the original code talkers of WWII which was only known in 1968. Join the Chapters and Chat book club from Nov. 11 to learn more. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Try putting together a guy's/girl's night when no on has a phone. Where do you meet, when, where? Imagine trying to move thousands of troops and resources around without constant communication. Well that whole thing had been figured out way before WW2. But what do you do when that life line of communication starts to work against you because your enemy is listening in and knows everything you're doing. The Pacific Theater was basically a series of islands being fought over at different times. Coded communication from ships to shore, and on the battlefield were being intercepted by the Japanese and decoded almost as fast as the codes could be created. One code went the entire war never being broken. The Navajo Code. The Navajo soldiers at the center to our episode were men that during childhood in white-run Indian schools were punished for using their native language. We pretty much did everything we could to kill their culture. Well once WW2 rolled around a man with knowledge of the Navajo Language recommended it to the U.S. Marine Corp due to its insane complexity, small number of people fluent, and the fact it didn't have written counterpart that made it indecipherable to the Japanese. Find out about the Navajo men who created the code and fought on the front lines providing the communications that helped win the war in the Pacific.  Historically High is sponsored by Flintt's Mouth Watering Mints, purveyors of delicious, drymouth destroying little miracles. Get yours with 15% off by using code HISTORICALLYHIGHER at www.Flintt's.com Support the show

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. November is Native American Heritage month so in this episode, we're sharing some books written by Native American authors. There are so many great texts to choose from if you're interested in broadening your reading. We bring your memoirs, poetry, Pulitzer Prize winners, and more. When we do these thematic episodes, we enjoy hearing from listeners who have their own recommendations within that theme so be sure to shoot us a message or comment on any of our socials. Books Mentioned In this Episode: 1- A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes 2- Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 3- Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham 4- A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars by Hakeem Oluseyi 5- A Book Recommended by Fellow Booklover Vero Garcia @booksandcoffeemx - All This and More by Peng Shepherd 6- Th Blessing Way and all books in the Leaphorn & Chee series by Tony Hillerman 7- Bad Indians: A Memoir by Deborah Miranda 8- Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis 9- House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday 10-Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan 11- An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo 12- Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez 13- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 14- The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos: Reflections on the Newark Earthworks and World Heritage edited by M. Elizabeth Weiser, Timothy RW Jordan, and Richard D. Shiels 15- Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers 16- The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich (Birchbark House series #2) 17- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich 18- Shutter by Ramona Emerson 19- Exposure by Ramona Emerson 20- Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle 21- The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley 22- There, There by Tommy Orange 23- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline 24- The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland Media mentioned-- 1- Reservation Dogs (Hulu, 2021-2023) 2- Dark Winds (AMC and Neflix, 2022 - present)

We discuss how the Navajo language was used as an unbreakable code during World War II. We recommend reading Chester Nez's book Code Talker to learn more.

content note: This episode features two books about experiences of war. The first is about a family of Polish refugees trying to reunify at the end of WW2, and the second is about a young Navajo boy sent to residential school and later drafted to create a code for the US Marines.   Our books this month are both about experiences of people who lived through World War II, and the theme that connects them is Trauma. Our chapter book is a classic and favourite from Matt's childhood, The Silver Sword, by Ian Serraillier. It's the story of a journey of three children, plus one adopted pickpocketing jack-the-lad, wending their way through post-war Europe in 1946, trying to reunite with their parents in Switzerland. There are always soldiers, be they German, Russian, British or American, and sometimes they help, and sometimes they don't. It's a book that really breaks down the simplistic Goodies vs Baddies narrative about WW2 and we highly recommend it.   Our picture book is Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code-Talker's Story, by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes. It's a non fiction account of the life of Betoli, or Chester, as he comes to be called, being sent away from his people and parents, to residential school at Fort Defiance. At school he is taught that the Navajo way is wrong, Navajo language is wrong, and is taught English and how to pray the Catholic way. In spite of this, Chester holds on to his home culture and spirituality. Years later, when the US join WW2, they need an unbreakable code, and enlist Chester and a few other young Navajo men to use Navajo to create an unbreakable code. It works, and helps the US to win the war. Chester returns from the front, traumatised, but the Navajo people take care of him using a ceremony called the Enemy Way, which sets him back on the right path, the way of beauty. This is a part of history neither of us knew about until we read this book, and it's incredibly clear and beautiful. We recommend seeking it out.   Here's an episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast all about the Navajo code talkers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-the-navajo-code-talkers-worked/id278981407?i=1000424660224   Chester Nez's autobiography: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780425247853?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk5ibBhDqARIsACzmgLSeIeqicyJQAe5Z7rQzRMqivUQY3s148nwsX-CjS2mTbv6CzFst0B8aAjQHEALw_wcB   Here's an article about Ian Serraillier's experience as a conscientious objector in Quaker magazine The Friend: https://thefriend.org/article/once-upon-a-war-time   What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com

Chester Nez, the only surviving member of the original 29 Navajo code talkers, shares the fascinating inside story of his life and service during World War II.

Obituaries - Tony Guinn (chewing tobacco) Chester Nez (last of the Navaho code talkers) and Felix Dennis (flamboyant publisher of The week)

Obituaries - Tony Guinn (chewing tobacco) Chester Nez (last of the Navaho code talkers) and Felix Dennis (flamboyant publisher of The week)

One of America's greatest heroes of World War II, Mitchell Paige received the Medal of Honor for singlehandedly holding back an entire Japanese regiment during the battle for Guadalcanal. Before his passing in 2003, he sat down with us to share his story of valor.Also in this episode is Chester Nez, one of the legendary Navajo Code Talkers, who using their native language were able to transmit secret messages on enemy troop movements and tactics to the Marine Corps in the Pacific War of World War II.