Chester Nez Navajo Name
In 2001 chester nez and four other navajo code talkers received the congressional gold medal.
Chester nez navajo name. 23 1921 two wells n m died june 4 2014 albuquerque n m was the last surviving member of the original navajo code talkers a group of u s. Nez gave the red sox a jolt of good luck the year they broke the curse of the bambino and won the world series. His navajo given name has been lost to time. Albuquerque chester nez is the last of the original 29 navajo code talkers.
Chester nez january 23 1921 june 4 2014 was an american veteran of world war ii. His surname pronounced nezz means very tall in the language. His first name was not chester nor was his surname nez. Chester nez the last of the original navajo code talkers died wednesday at his home in albuquerque new mexico the navajo nation president said.
The medal is the highest civilian honor congress can give. All the rest of the u s. He was the last original navajo code talker who served in the united states marine corps during the war. The real ones had somehow got lost at boarding school where the white world tried to civilise the rangy eight year old born to a mother from the black sheep clan and a father of the sleeping rock people.
Examples of code words include the navajo word for buzzard jeeshóóʼ which was used for bomber while the code word used for submarine béésh łóóʼ meant iron fish in navajo. Marines who created the first unbreakable code that baffled the japanese during world war. Chester nez january 23 1921 june 4 2014 was an american veteran of world war ii. The last of the original 29 navajo code talkers who developed the code chester nez died on june 4 2014.
Marines who used their native language to create an impenetrable battlefield code during world war ii. Nez was recruited from the tuba city boarding school in northern arizona.