Member of original 29 Code Talkers dies in Arizona

Yahoo ^ | 3/18/11 | AP

[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.

[NormsRevenge]

Semper Fi!

RIP Marine Oliver

[ConorMacNessa]

Rest in Peace and Semper Fi!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[colorado tanker]

We’re losing this generation at a pretty fast pace now. I saw Dick Winters died a while back.

[NormsRevenge]

Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm

[ExTexasRedhead]

Marine Oliver now walks with God and many other American heroes. God bless him for his service to a grateful nation.

[WestwardHo]

I love driving across the Navajo reservation on hwy 160 and seeing the memorials posted along the way to these brave Americans! Proud Americans, proud to send their sons to defend this nation; young Americans proud to serve their nation in the Marines.
Oh, for the days before “hyphens!”

[momtothree]

Prayers for his soul and for the Lord to comfort his family. I never learned about the “Code Talkers” when I was growing up. I only learned about them from a movie. Truly wonderful American heroes.

[maine-iac7]

Rest in the Arms of the Lord, HERO.

Our cuontry owes you BIG thanks.

[the_Watchman]

I coached chess at an Arizona high school in the 1990’s. The Tuba City, AZ teams hosted several state-wide tournaments at their schools. During one tournament a Christian prayer was given in Navajo by one of the code-talkers and translated by one of his descendants.

[forgotten man]

“We’re losing this generation at a pretty fast pace now. I saw Dick Winters died a whilee back.”

There was another World War II hero named Richard Winter who died in San Diego this week. He became a P.O.W. at Corregidor. I hate seeing these guys go.

[colorado tanker]

“It was May 6th when we surrendered, but we wasn’t until May 27th that we were taken away from Corregidor,” Mr. Winter wrote in one passage. “We spent this time living on the sand with no food amidst indescribable filth and dirt. Dysentery was killing scores of men. The name we gave it — Death Valley — was a good fit.”

And then they came home, put the war in the past, got jobs and raised families. We're gonna miss 'em.

[NativeSon]

Go in beauty.
hozro

I am proud to be Dine (Navajo)

[Dubya]

Soldier rest, Gently pressed,
To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.


Thank you for your service Marine, Lloyd Oliver

[Joe Boucher]

Lloyd Oliver,
American hero.
GOD bless and thanks

[Jack Hammer]

R.I.P. hero.

[katana]

To paraphrase a famous rhyme, As Lloyd Oliver stands gazing at Heaven’s many scenes, he finds the streets are guarded by United States Marines. Semper Fi, indeed.

[Melchior]

There is a spectacular sculpture of heroic size that commemorates the Code Talkers at Window Rock, Arizona. Anyone going that way should take the opportunity to visit the site. It is truly worth it.

[Zakeet]

Incredible Marines ... thanks to you all ... and God bless

[Squeaky Wheel]

Here is another link re Cpl Oliver USMC at Guadacanal
Semper Fi

http://www.deannedurrett.com/codetalkers.html

[ConorMacNessa]

Navajo Code Talker Memorial - Window Rock, Arizona

Lamh Foistenach Abu!