Posted on Aug 3, 2022
Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies
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Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies
By Felicia Fonseca, The Associated Press
Sunday, Jul 31
In this 2013 photo, Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval talks about his experiences in the military in Cortez, Colorado. (Sam Green/The Cortez Journal via AP)
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 Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. He was 98.
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Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies
By Felicia Fonseca, The Associated Press
Sunday, Jul 31
In this 2013 photo, Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval talks about his experiences in the military in Cortez, Colorado. (Sam Green/The Cortez Journal via AP)
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 Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. He was 98.
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Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Rest In Peace...
"Samuel Sandoval was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, who transmitted encrypted messages during World War II. Died: July 29, 2022 (Who else died on July 29?) Details of death: Died at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico at the age of 98."
"Samuel Sandoval was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, who transmitted encrypted messages during World War II. Died: July 29, 2022 (Who else died on July 29?) Details of death: Died at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico at the age of 98."
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Rest in Peace Samuel Sandoval, sad news about a WWII hero and one of the Greatest Generation passing brother SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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