Before he was a hero, the U.S. government tried to erase his identity. They failed.
Chester Nez wasn’t even allowed to speak his native Navajo as a child—beaten for it in boarding school. But when World War II broke out, that same language became the linchpin in the United States’ most unbreakable code.
Raised on a New Mexico reservation, Chester answered the call to serve after Pearl Harbor. As one of the original Navajo code talkers, he helped create a battlefield language the Japanese couldn’t decipher—and changed the course of history in the Pacific.
Code Talker is his firsthand account of resilience, cultural pride, and quiet heroism in the face of discrimination and war.
This isn’t just history—it’s living legacy.
