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Navajo code talker from World War II dies

George Smith, one of the Navajo code talkers who helped the U.S. military outfox the Japanese during World War II by sending messages in their obscure language, has died, the president of the Navajo Nation said.

CNN Wire Staff

November 2, 2012

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