Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval Dies; 3 Code Talkers Remain
Their code confounded Japanese military cryptologists and is credited with helping the US win the war
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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 part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific, sending thousands of messages on Japanese t...
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.