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Navajo Code Talker Alfred Newman died Sunday at a nursing home in New Mexico. He was 94. <\/p>\nNavajo Code Talker Alfred Newman died Sunday at a nursing home in New Mexico. He was 94. <\/p>\n
By Travis Fedschun<\/p>\n
Alfred K. Newman, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, died at the age of 94 on Sunday in New Mexico.<\/p>\n
Newman, who used his native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II by helping to create an uncrackable code, died at a nursing home in Bloomfield, New Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cNavajo Code Talker Alfred Newman was a hero, and he stood amongst giants,\u201d tribal President Russell Begaye told the Arizona Republic. \u201cWe will be forever grateful for his contributions and bravery, as well as that of each and every one of our Navajo Code Talkers. They are national treasures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Newman was among hundreds of Navajos who served in the Marine Corps, using a code based on their native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II.<\/p>\n
Newman had attended a school where rules prohibited students from speaking in Dine, the language that ended up being one of the tool the U.S. used to defeat Japan, according to the Republic.<\/p>\n
The death leaves eight surviving code talkers, the Republic reported.<\/p>\n
During World War II, Newman served from 1943-45 in the 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment and 3rd Marine Division and saw duty at Bougainville Island, Guam, Iwo Jima, Kwajalein Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, New Georgia and New Caledonia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read the entire article here: Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n
Fair winds and following seas, Marine.<\/p>\n
Tip of the hat to 11B-Mailclerk for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"