Posted on 07/20/2005 8:10:35 PM PDT by Old Landmarks
The last Comanche Code-Talker, Charles Chibitty has passed away. He died at around 4 p.m. today in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was 83 years of age, just shy of 84. Charlie had been ill and in the hospital for several months.
He was a friend to many of us and a good father, husband and soldier.
RIP to this great American. His legend and that of his fellow code talkers will live on.
Fallen Code Talker
Can anyone recommend a good site to read up on what they did? Thanks.
Thanks for the ping, SR. Ode to a fallen warrior.
God bless this brave man.
Comanche Code Talker
Charles Chibitty
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By Rudi Williams / American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2002 — After meeting with the defense secretary and other top Pentagon officials on Nov. 5, Charles Chibitty, the last surviving World War II Comanche code talker, donned his feathered Indian chief's headdress and offered a prayer in the Pentagon Chapel for those killed in the terrorist attack on the building.
The aging code talker then placed a wreath and offered an Indian prayer at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington (Va.) National Cemetery. This marks the third time the 81-year old war veteran was honored at the Pentagon for his service to the nation. His visits in 1992 and 1999 were during National American Indian Heritage Month.
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Since there was no Comanche word for machine gun it became "sewing machine," Chibitty noted, "because of the noise the sewing machine made when my mother was sewing." Hitler, he said, was "posah-tai-vo," or "crazy white man."
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http://defendamerica.mil/profiles/nov2002/pr111202a.html
For the military, they talked in code using Comanche.
http://bingaman.senate.gov/code_talkers/
We have a Navajo code talker here (Cortez Colorado)...he speaks several times a month to anyone who wants to attend. His name is Samuel Sandoval.
The Code-Talkers were a blessing to America; they're services are written down on the pages of history.
Hope you found the "green pastures", Charles.
RIP hero.
Thanks, very interesting read.
Bless our native brothers.
Good movie about them with Nicholas Cage -- wither called Windtalkers or Codetalkers -- highly reccommend it.
Bookmark.
Ping
A Hero gone to his great reward.
These men were giants.
May God bless a fallen American hero.
Every time I read of another hero passing, it brings tears to my eyes. They were incredible men and I pray that we will continue to have generations of Americans that live up to the example that they have set.
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