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Samuel Sandoval, a Navajo Code Talker, has died at 98. Only three Navajo Code Talkers are alive: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.

Samuel Sandoval, a Navajo Code Talker, has died at 98. Only three Navajo Code Talkers are alive: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.

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. Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers during World War II. Sandoval's death leaves three still alive today. The code that was based on the then-unwritten Navajo language confounded Japanese military cryptologists and helped the U.S. win the war. The Code Talkers are celebrated annually on Aug. 14, the date the Japanese surrendered. Malula Sandoval said her husband had been l...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- In a story published July 31, 2022, about the death of Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval, The Associated Press erroneously

Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps.