December 15, 2017
FILE--In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, Navajo Code Talkers Keith Little, left, and Teddy Draper Sr., joke around during the filming of a documentary about them in Gallup, N.M. Draper, who was part of the 5th Marine Division, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima and received a Purple Heart as well as a Congressional Silver Medal died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at age 96 in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Donovan Quintero, file)
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A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in Arizona.
By Associated Press
December 15, 2017
