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  • Soldier who trained WWII Comanche code talkers dies at 86

    12/20/2004 1:10:47 PM PST · by Willie Green · 46 replies · 937+ views
    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 12/20 | Associated Press
    DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Retired Major Gen. Hugh F. Foster Jr., who trained Comanche code talkers for the Army in World War II, has died. He was 86. Foster, of Doylestown Township, died Dec. 13 at home. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1941, he joined the 4th Signal Company of the 4th Infantry Division, responsible for maintaining Army communications. He was assigned in September 1941 to train 17 Comanche soldiers as code talkers at Fort Benning, Ga.