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Member of original 29 Code Talkers dies in Arizona
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| 3/18/11
| AP
Posted on 03/18/2011 1:57:46 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. – A member of an elite group of Marines who developed a code based on their native language during World War II has died.
Lloyd Oliver's death Wednesday means that only one of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers survives.
Oliver's nephew, Lawrence, says his uncle died at a hospice center in the Phoenix suburb of Avondale, where he had been staying for about three weeks. He was 88 years old.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; codetalkers; dies; navajo; original
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To: NormsRevenge
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03/18/2011 6:24:10 PM PDT
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fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: NormsRevenge
Semper Fi!
RIP Marine Oliver 
Navajo Code Talker Lloyd Oliver
FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, Navajo Code Talker Lloyd Oliver displays a photo of himslef in what had been his home on the Yavapai Indian reservation in Camp Verde, Ariz. Willard Varnell Oliver, a member of the Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011. He was 88. The death of Oliver this week means that only one member of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers survives
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03/18/2011 7:27:12 PM PDT
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archy
(I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
To: ConorMacNessa
What an incredibly patriotic scene.
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03/18/2011 7:34:19 PM PDT
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Melchior
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