[lg policy] Allen Dale June, Navajo Code Talker, Dies at 91

[Harold Schiffman]

Allen Dale June, Code Talker, Dies at 91

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: September 11, 2010

 WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original
Navajo code talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by
transmitting messages in their native language, died Wednesday in
Prescott, Ariz. He was 91.   He died of natural causes, said his wife,
Virginia. With Mr. June’s death, only two of the original code talkers
are still living.

They took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific
from 1942 to 1945, sending thousands of messages without error on
Japanese troop movements, battlefield tactics and other matters
critical to the war’s outcome. Several hundred Navajos served as code
talkers during the war, but a group of 29 that included Mr. June
developed the code based on their native language. Their role in the
war was not declassified until 1968.

Mr. June attained the rank of sergeant. He and other original code
talkers received Congressional Gold Medals in 2001. Lawrence T.
Morgan, the speaker of the tribal council, said Thursday that the
Navajo Nation had lost a great warrior. “His unique service to his
country brought positive attention to the Navajo Nation,” Mr. Morgan
said in a statement. Besides his wife, Mr. June is survived by 10
children.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/us/11june.html?ref=indians_american

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