Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman dead at 94
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Dr Who Fan  Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 
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Alfred K. Newman, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, died at the age of 94 on Sunday in New Mexico. 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. ID: 1976875 ·  |
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Bernie Vine  Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 
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The Navajo code talkers were commended for the skill, speed, and accuracy they demonstrated throughout the war. At the Battle of Iwo Jima, Major Howard Connor, 5th Marine Division signal officer, had six Navajo code talkers working around the clock during the first two days of the battle. These six sent and received over 800 messages, all without error. Connor later stated, "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima RIP ID: 1976884 · |
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Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29867 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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háá nilyįÌįÌh Rest in Peace, in Navajo. 
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Lynn   Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123
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