Sorry to hear that. I was at a ceremony to honor the code talkers a number of years back, and it was an honor to shake their hands and thank them in person. Some real heroes there.
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Sorry to hear that. I was at a ceremony to honor the code talkers a number of years back, and it was an honor to shake their hands and thank them in person. Some real heroes there. -
This is starting to become bullshyt......all of these fine Marines are starting to leave us, the Greatest Generation is losing it's members at a rapid rate................SEMPER FI MARINE!!!!..........See you on the Beach!!!Leave a comment:
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Third Navajo Code Talker passes...
Navajo Code Talker who battled cancer dies
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Tribal officials say another Navajo Code Talker has died, the third within a two-week span.
Willie K. Begay, of Pinon, Ariz., died Monday after a battle with cancer, according to one of his daughters. He was 88.
Previously, Code Talker John Brown Jr. died May 20 at his home in Crystal, N.M., at age 88 and Thomas Claw died May 26 at age 87 at the veterans hospital in Prescott, Ariz.
Begay was part of an elite group of Navajo Marines who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language.
"Yet another of our distinguished warriors from World War II," Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. said of Begay, who was born in Forest Lake, Ariz., and enlisted in the Marines in August 1944.
He was sent to California's Camp Pendleton and trained as a code talker. Begay served with the 3rd Marine Division and was overseas for 11 months.
In 2001, he received a Congressional Silver Medal in recognition of his service as a Navajo Code Talker.
Begay, who worked at the Pinon Trading Post from 1946 until his retirement in 1984, is survived by his wife and five children. Services are set for Friday in Forest Lake.
See you on the high ground Marine...
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Tom Claw, former Navajo Code Talker, dies
By John Gutekunst
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 1:51 PM MST
IN THE PHOTO: On National Navajo Code Talkers Day, Aug. 14, 2008, Claw spoke with radio operators from around the West at the U.S. Army MARS communications station...05-29-2009, 10:28 AM -
Teana Wagner
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 29, 2007 01:05 PM
The Navajo Nation will honor a code talker Thursday after he died at age 92.
John C. Sells, who died Nov. 23, served as a Navajo code talker during World War II.
The Navajo Nation will...11-29-2007, 07:57 PM -
Just saw on the news, this evening that Mr. Nez the last surviving Navajo code talker passed away.
That video showing him being honored at the GON recently, will be the last I believe anyone will see him alive walking with his cane.
Thank you Mr. Nez for your bravery, and...06-05-2014, 02:00 AM -
WWII Code Talker and longtime NM lawmaker dies at 94
SANTA FE, N.M. — John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation’s longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico state senator, has died. He was 94.
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Sam Billison, Navajo Code Talker, passes on
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Samuel Billison, one of the most prominent Navajo Code Talkers, died on Wednesday of heart complications. He was...11-18-2004, 01:47 PM
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