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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