Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group
One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers has died. Samuel Sandoval's wife, Malula, says he died late Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico. He was 98.
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One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers has died. Samuel Sandoval's wife, Malula, says he died late Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico. He was 98.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- 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, died at 98.
Samuel Sandoval, one of the last living Navajo Code Talkers from World War II, died on Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico. According to the
Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps.
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.