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Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation and a noted code talker during World War II (died 2013)
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Frank Chee Willeto
American politician and Navajo code talker (1925–2012)
Frank Chee Willeto was an American politician and Navajo code talker during World War II. Willeto served as the vice president of the Navajo Nation under President Milton Bluehouse, Sr. from his appointment in August 1998 until January 1999, when the Begaye administration took…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vice President of the Navajo Nation
Position in the Navajo Nation government
The office of vice president of the Navajo Nation was created in 1991 following restructuring of the Navajo Nation government. The president and vice president are elected every four years. The Navajo Nation Vice-president shall serve no more than two terms.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Code talker
Military personnel using their native languages for secret wartime communication
A code talker was a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication. The term is most often used for United States service members during the World Wars who used their knowledge of Native American languages as a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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