VoteVets members are saddened by the passing of the last of a legendary group of American heroes. The last of 29 Navajo Americans who developed an unbreakable code that helped Allied forces win the second World War died in New Mexico on Wednesday of kidney failure at the age of 93. Chester Nez was the last remaining survivor of an original group of 29 Navajos recruited by the U.S. Marine Corps to create a code based on their language that the Japanese could not crack. His son, Michael Nez, said his father died peacefully in his sleep at their home in Albuquerque. Like and share this tribute to the passing of a unique member of the greatest generation.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 22:11:23 +0000
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