Chester Nez Autographs

Chester Nez (January 23, 1921 – June 4, 2014) was an American veteran of World War II. He was the last surviving original Navajo code talker who served in the United States Marine Corps during the war.
Nez was born in Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico, to the Navajo Dibéłizhiní (Black Sheep Clan) of the Tsénahabiłnii (Sleeping Rock People). He was raised during a time of difficult relations between the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation. His mother died when he was only three years old. Nez recalled children often being taken from reservations, sent to boarding schools, and forbidden to speak the Navajo language. At eight years old, Nez was sent to a school run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. His English given name, Chester, after US president Chester A. Arthur, was assigned then. It was from one of the government-run boarding schools, in Tuba City, Arizona, that Nez was recruited into the Marine Corps.
Nez kept his decision to enlist from his family. He and 28 other Navajos formed Recruit Training Platoon 382 at Marine Corps Base San Diego in May 1942. The 29 who graduated from boot camp, including Nez, were then assigned to the Camp Elliot, California, where they were tasked with creating a code for secure voice tactical (battlefield) communications. At the time, tactical radios were not equipped, as they are today, with encryption/decryption technology, allowing the enemy to listen to radio traffic, often with disastrous results. The Navajo language was chosen because its complex syntax and phonology made it exceedingly difficult to learn as a second language, and it had no written form. Nez stated the developers used everyday words, in order to easily memorize and retain them. In 1942, he was among the code talkers to be shipped out to Guadalcanal, where they worked in teams of two: one to send and receive, the other to operate the radio and listen for errors. Nez also fought in Bougainville, Guam, Angaur and Peleliu. He was honorably discharged as a private first class in 1945 and returned to serve stateside in the Korean War from which he was discharged as a corporal.
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Traded items with a signature of Chester Nez

The most expensive item with a signature of Chester Nez (Navajo Code talker Chester Nez signed (4) 3x5 w/NAVAJO ENGLISH BATTLE MESSAGES) was sold in November 2018 for $175.00 while the cheapest item (Code Talker : The First and Only Memoir by Chester Nez signed/Navajo code talker) found a new owner for $5.01 in January 2019. The month with the most items sold (11) was June 2014 with an average selling price of $49.99 for an autographed item of Chester Nez. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2018 with $175.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was January 2010. In average, an autographed item from Chester Nez is worth $48.25.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Chester Nez were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Chester Nez & John Brown ORIGINAL Navajo Code Talkers Signed US Marines Postcard	$60.00
	CHESTER NEZ ORIGINAL 29 NAVAJO CODE TALKERS RARE NAVAJO CODE TALKER SIGNED PHOTO	$125.00
	Chester Nez ORIGINAL Navajo Code Talker Signed UNIQUE Commemorative Cover 02/03	$55.00
	Chester Nez USMC Navajo Code Talkers signed autographed Photo Wind Talkers	$49.00
	Cpl. Chester Nez Signed 4x6 Photo Original Navajo Code USMC Guadalcanal Guam	$129.99
	Cpl. Chester Nez Signed 4x6 Photo Original Navajo Code USMC Guadalcanal Guam	$129.99
	Cpl. Chester Nez Signed 4x6 Photo Original Navajo Code USMC Guadalcanal Guam	$129.99
	John Brown & Chester Nez ORIGINAL Code Talkers Signed First Day & Commemorative!	$35.00
	Navajo Code talker Chester Nez signed (4) 3x5 w/NAVAJO ENGLISH BATTLE MESSAGES	$175.00
	Navajo Code Talkers Chester Nez & John Brown Signed Autographed Commemorative!	$45.00
	Original 29 Navajo Code Talker USMC Chester Nez Signed WINDTALKERS Movie Card	$75.00
	ORIGINAL 29 USMC Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez Signed 3x5s	$45.00
	Signed: CODE TALKER by Chester Nez, C 2011, 1st Ed, HC w/DJ, Illus, Pub -Berkley	$47.00
	USMC ORIGINAL 29 Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez Signed PHOTO 3x5	$35.00
	WW2 ENCRYPTION CHESTER NEZ GUADALCANAL GUAM AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 INDEX CARD	$16.00