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In this Sept. 28, 2015, file photo, former United States Marine and Navajo Code Talker Roy Hawthorne Sr. listens during a ceremony honoring the code talkers' contribution to the World War II U.S. effort, at Camp Pendleton, California. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

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Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to confound the Japanese in World War II has died.

By Associated Press April 25, 2018