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In the 1920s, growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation wasnt easy. There was no electricity or indoor plumbing. The New Mexico summers were hot and the winters harsh. But the beautiful mesas provided bountiful land on which to raise sheep and goats, and the Navajo celebrated their spiritual connection to nature.His name wasnt Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didnt stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing gave him the strengthboth physical and mentalto excel as a Marine.
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Reading "Code Talker" puts you in the foxhole with Chester and some of the bravest Marines ever to fight for their country.
