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[MacDUFF]

A true warrior...Semper Fi

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - A Navajo code talker who used the Navajo language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in New Mexico, Navajo Nation officials said.

David Patterson Sr. died Sunday in Rio Rancho at age 94 from pneumonia and complications from subdural hematoma.

Although Patterson didn’t talk much about his service, one of his sons said his father was proud of being a Navajo Code Talker....

Patterson served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945 and was the recipient of the Silver Congressional Medal of Honor in 2001.

After his military service, Patterson became a social worker and worked for the tribe’s Division of Social Services until retiring in 1987.

He raised his family in Oklahoma, California and Shiprock, New Mexico, and is survived by six children....

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2017/10/09/navajo-code-talker-david-patterson-sr-d...

[MacDUFF]

Navajo Code Talkers and the Unbreakable Code...

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/navajo-code-...

[MacDUFF]

Mr. Patterson...

[MacDUFF]

@SouthFlorida321

What are the odds that a few minutes after posting to you about related subjects, I would come across this article!   I include all the code makers, code breakers, and code talkers in the "intelligence community" along with Intrepid.

It's a nerdy MacDuff thang!

[Noel7]

RIP Mr. Patterson, you saved many lives.

[Noel7]

FYI

The British used Welsh people for code talkers.  The language was unknown to the Germans and Japanese. 

[SouthFlorida321]

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@MacDUFF wrote:

@SouthFlorida321

What are the odds that a few minutes after posting to you about related subjects, I would come across this article!   I include all the code makers, code breakers, and code talkers in the "intelligence community" along with Intrepid.

It's a nerdy MacDuff thang!

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@MacDUFF I'm going to look up that book you mentioned.  I would like to get back into reading books.  After Irma, I was so peaceful and just read booksfor 5 days.  I miss it.

I used to read at least 2 books a week.

[maestra]

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@Noel7 wrote:

FYI

The British used Welsh people for code talkers.  The language was unknown to the Germans and Japanese. 

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At the time, the Navajo language wasnt written-strictly taught by oral tradition.

It has since developed an alphabet.

[Drythe]

Bless you Mr. Patterson.  

Never again will anyone be able to do for their country what you and your fellow Code Talkers accomplished.

[Kachina624]

I don't quite understand this Navajo Code Talker business. About three years ago much ado was made about the death of the last Navajo Code Talker.  Of course we hear a lot about them here in NM.  I even met one at breakfast in a restaurant one morning. Anyway, ever since the supposedly last one died, a bunch more have died.  Very mysterious.