Topic: Navajo Code Talker Alfred James Peaches Dies | |
---|---|
Navajo Code Talker Alfred James Peaches Dies at Age 90 WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Flags will be lowered across the Navajo Nation in honor of another Navajo Code Talker who has died. Tribal officials announced Wednesday that Alfred James Peaches died last Saturday at a Flagstaff hospital at age 90. Tribal President Russell Begaye commended Peaches for defending the United States in World War II, using a code based on the Navajo language that stumped the Japanese. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/01/21/navajo-code-talker-alfred-james-peaches-dies-age-90.html?ESRC=marine_160126.nl |
|
|
|
One more of our greatest generation has left us. Semper Fi Devil Dog.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_iz8z2AGw&feature=youtu.be |
|
|
|
99% of these guys were dropped in the thick of it....and were not allowed to be taken alive. |
|
|
|
99% of these guys were dropped in the thick of it....and were not allowed to be taken alive. All while we forced them to live on reservations............. |
|
|
|
These guys greatly helped win WWII. I hope their memory is always honored.
|
|
|