Sun 28 Jan 2007
Navajo Code Talker David Tsosie has died at age 83.Tsosie died Saturday in Bloomfield, where he had lived for several years.
“I was really proud of him. He did some truly wonderful things,” said a nephew, Charles Phillips of Shiprock.
Navajo Nation Council delegates paused for a moment of silence Wednesday during their winter session to honor Tsosie.
Tsosie had a Purple Heart from his World War II service. In June 1944, Tsosie was wounded during the battle of Saipan when flying shrapnel hit him in the leg.
Navajo Code Talkers used their native language to transmit military messages on enemy tactics, Japanese troop movements and other battlefield information in a code the Japanese never broke. According to the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C., Code Talkers took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.