The last Navajo Code Talker, Chester Nez, dies at 93

The last of the 29 Navajo Americans who developed a code with their native language to encrypt military messages in World War 2 has died.

BBC News 4 June 2014

Chester Nez, 93, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, had told US media he was “very proud” of his part developing the cipher the Japanese never broke.

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