John Kinsel Sr., Navajo Code Talker during World War II, dies at 107
He was part of the second group of Marines trained as code talkers at Camp Elliott, Calif., after the original 29 who ...
One of last Marine Corps World War II Navajo Code Talkers dies at 107
John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the ...
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Navajo Nation to press for revival of aid to bomb victims
a Navajo Code Talker during World War II, died of stomach cancer that she attributes to fallout from nuclear tests that settled over their hometown in Arizona. Much of her family has suffered from ...
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Loveland resident Jack Thurman, Iwo Jima veteran, celebrates 99th birthday
Jack Thurman, a veteran of World War II who landed on the beaches of ... He was close friends with Navajo “code talker” Ira Hayes, who was featured in the famous photograph of U.S. troops ...
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The radioactive issue: Meet the 2 Native American women fighting to save nuclear exposure benefits
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), the quarter-century old law that compensates Americans sickened by U.S. nuclear testing, expired this summer, but two Native American women are ...
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A push for compensation for U.S. nuclear testing fallout resumes on Capitol Hill
Sponsor Message Billiman's father, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II and a downwinder, died from stomach cancer. She was part of a group that made a similar trip to Capitol Hill earlier this year.
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The radioactive issue: Meet the 2 Native American women fighting to save nuclear exposure benefits
Billiman, meanwhile, is the daughter of a World War II-era Navajo Code Talker who died of stomach cancer she attributes to the aftereffects of nuclear fallout from testing in the area. Being ...