Famous Navajo Code Talker Dies At Age 90

WWII vet and Navajo Code Talker whose words were inscribed on the congressional medals given to the group has died after a short illness in New Mexico.

“Whenever he talked about the military during that time, he always told people that heroes were the ones he left behind, that he was not a hero,” said his daughter. “That everybody pitched in, including the people in the states, the people in the military.”

It is hard to underestimate how much we relied on these brave heroes and we send our thoughts and prayers to Wilfred Billey and his family.

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