Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group


              FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2004, photo, Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval of Shiprock, N.M., poses for pictures during a ceremony where the Oreland C. Joe Code Talker sculpture was unveiled at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds in Window Rock, Ariz. 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 late Friday, July 29, 2022, at a hospital in Shiprock, N.M., his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. He was 98. (Brett Butterstein/The Daily Times via AP, File)
            
              FILE - In this 2013 photo, Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval talks about his experiences in the military in Cortez, Colo. 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 at age 98. Sandoval died late Friday, July 29, 2022, at a hospital in Shiprock, N.M., his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. (Sam Green/The Cortez Journal via AP)
Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group