Topic: Navajo Code Talker Alfred James Peaches Dies
Sojourning_Soul's photo
Tue 01/26/16 11:29 AM

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

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Wed 01/27/16 04:35 PM
One more of our greatest generation has left us. Semper Fi Devil Dog.


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_iz8z2AGw&feature=youtu.be

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Wed 01/27/16 08:36 PM

99% of these guys were dropped in the thick of it....and were not allowed to be taken alive.

Lpdon's photo
Wed 01/27/16 09:14 PM


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.............

metalwing's photo
Thu 01/28/16 07:43 PM
These guys greatly helped win WWII. I hope their memory is always honored.