Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval Dies; 3 Left From Group

Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval Dies; 3 Left From Group
Location of Shiprock in New Mexico in 2022. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—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.