In the Pacific Theater of World War II, Clay Walker was a Navajo "code talker' for the Marine Corps. He had always wanted to be a warrior like his Native American ancestors, but had been told by his people from childhood that there were no more wars and no more warriors. That all changed with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and his chance to prove the tribal elders wrong. But during the bloody battles in the Pacific, his boyhood dreams of the glory and honor of combat are shattered as he sees only pain, destruction, and death -- perhaps the old ones were right! To Be A Warrior is a deeply engaging, wonderfully crafted, highly recommended novel.