Chester Nez of Albuquerque, N.M., was among 29 tribal members who developed an unbreakable code that helped win World War II. He was 93 and the... Chester Nez, Last Of Original Navajo Code Talkers, ...

The last of the Navajo “Code Talkers,” who helped the United States create a code that thwarted Japanese efforts during World War II, has passed away. Chester Nez of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died ...

Chester Nez hailed from Western New Mexico, went to World War II in the Pacific and spent his remaining days in Albuquerque. Now the final resting spot for the last of the original Navajo Code Talkers ...

ALBUQUERQUE — As a young boy in the 1920s, Chester Nez was punished for speaking in his native Navajo language, his mouth washed out with soap by the administrators of the government boarding school ...

Written with code talker scholar Schiess Avila, Nez's fascinating memoir details his experience as one of the original 29 "code talkers"%E2%80%94a group of Native ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Chester Nez is an Author with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2013 Interview. Most appearances with Judith Avila (2). Most common tag: World ...

(CNN) -- For more than two decades, Chester Nez kept silent about his role as one of the original Navajo code talkers responsible for developing an unbreakable code during World War II. His death ...