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Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages in World War II using a code based on their native language, has died.

Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo code talkers who sent messages during World War II using a code based on their language, has died.

Journalist Bill Donovan, who covered the Navajo Nation for five decades at newspapers in New Mexico and Arizona, has died. He was 76.

Journalist Bill Donovan, who covered the Navajo Nation for five decades at newspapers in New Mexico and Arizona, has died

Messages were transmitted in code based on Navajo language

[gallery ids="2520713,2520718,2520719,2520721,2520717,2520715,2520710,2520716,2520714,2520712,2520720,2520711"] FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Natalia Sells has a list of qualities she wants to see in the next Navajo Nation president: Approachable. Adaptable. Inspiring. Someone who upholds traditional

Their code confounded Japanese military cryptologists and is credited with helping the US win the war

Sandoval was one of the hundreds of Navajos who were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to help transmit messages in World War II for the Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today.

Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages in World War II using a code based on their native language, has died. Sandoval died late on Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula Sandoval, said on Saturday. He was 98. Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the US Marine Corps. Only three are still alive: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr and Thomas Begay. The Code Talkers took par...

Sandoval was one of the hundreds of Navajos who were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to help transmit messages in World War II for the Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today.