Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker

by Robert S. McPherson and Samuel Holiday

Book Overview

Samuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by the Marine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit secret communications on the battlefield. Based on extensive interviews with Robert S. McPherson, Under the Eagle is Holiday's vivid account of his own story. It is the only book-length oral history of a Navajo code talker in which the narrator relates his experiences in his own voice and words.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806143894
• ISBN13: 9780806143897
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"