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Navajo Code Talker Dan Akee recounts his time serving in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Code Talker during World War II as Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye looks on during a house warming ceremony in Tuba City. Photo/Ryan Williams Photography

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Tuba City World War II veteran and Navajo Code Talker Dan Akee passes away at age 96

TUBA CITY, Ariz. — WWII veteran and Navajo Code Talker Dan Akee, Sr., passed away Oct. 14 at 9:50 a.m. He was 96. Akee’s son, Dan Akee Jr., said his father was born just north of the Coalmine Chapter House Nov. 11, 1919.

October 18, 2016