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Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman dies at 94 in New Mexico
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/nava...exico-1.564472
Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman dies at 94 in New Mexico By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 15, 2019 WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in New Mexico at age 94. Navajo Nation officials say Alfred K. Newman died Sunday at a nursing home in Bloomfield. article continues below Newman was among hundreds of Navajos who served in the Marine Corps, using a code based on their native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II. During World War II, Newman served from 1943-45 in the 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment and 3rd Marine Division and saw duty at Bougainville Island, Guam, Iwo Jima, Kwajalein Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, New Georgia and New Caledonia. Newman is survived by his wife of 69 years, Betsy. They had five children, 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services are pending.
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