TY  - GEN
N2  - Navajo soldiers in World War II used their unwritten Native American tongue as an unbreakable code language. Ironically the U.S. military used the Native American language as a potent instrument of war. Successive generations of young Navajo men who fought in the elite division of the U.S. Marine Corps, relate their stories in this film. Reveals how their strong Navajo cultural identity and spiritual references correlated with traditional Marine Corps values and a passionate patriotism.
AB  - Navajo soldiers in World War II used their unwritten Native American tongue as an unbreakable code language. Ironically the U.S. military used the Native American language as a potent instrument of war. Successive generations of young Navajo men who fought in the elite division of the U.S. Marine Corps, relate their stories in this film. Reveals how their strong Navajo cultural identity and spiritual references correlated with traditional Marine Corps values and a passionate patriotism.
T1  - Navajo warriorsthe great secret /  /
DA  - 2003.
CY  - New York, NY :
AU  - Luchack, Allyson.
AU  - Nadeau, Jacques.
AU  - Normandeau, Josette D.
AU  - Priou, Emmanuel.
AU  - Viotte, Michel.
PB  - Filmakers Library,
PP  - New York, NY :
LA  - eng
LA  - nav
LA  - This edition in English and Navajo with English subtitles.
PY  - 2003.
N1  - A co-production France-Canada.
ID  - 1355556
KW  - Navajo Indians.
KW  - Navajo language.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
TI  - Navajo warriorsthe great secret /  /
LK  - http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLON;1641441
UR  - http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLON;1641441
ER  -