Period 1. Chrisevans58. World War 2. Navajo code talker from World War II dies. Navajo Code Talkers attend the 2011 Citi Military Appreciation Day event at Citi Pond in New York City on November 11, 2011.
Several hundred Navajo code talkers served in World War IIThey transmitted key messages from the front line in their native languageThe Japanese never managed to crack the codeOnly a few code talkers remain alive today (CNN) -- George Smith, one of the Navajo code talkers who helped the U.S. military outfox the Japanese during World War II by sending messages in their obscure language, has died, the president of the Navajo Nation said.
"This news has saddened me," Ben Shelly, the Navajo president, said in a post Wednesday on his Facebook page. "Our Navajo code talkers have been real life heroes to generations of Navajo people. " Smith died Tuesday, Shelly said, and the Navajo Nation's flag is flying at half-staff until Sunday night to commemorate his life. See CNN's complete coverage of Veterans in Focus The Navajo code talkers participated in every assault the U.S. Nuremberg Trials. Never too late: Nazi hunters tirelessly pursue 50 elderly Auschwitz war criminals. Valery Hache / AFP - Getty Images Investigators are trying to track down 50 suspected Auschwitz guards who are believed to be living in Germany.
The gate at the former Nazi death camp, which is located in Poland, reads "Arbeit macht frei" -- or "work will set you free. " By Ian Johnston and Andy Eckardt, NBC News MAINZ, Germany -- In their search for justice that has endured for decades, the biggest challenge Nazi hunters face is time. The knowledge that war criminals are escaping prosecution through death by natural causes means their task has never been more pressing. On Monday, German state police arrested a 93-year-old man accused of being a guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Most of those involved in the murder of about 6 million Jews in the Holocaust and still alive will now be in their 90s, a ripe old age for people who carried out one the most heinous crimes in the history of humanity.
Valery Hache / AP The Demjanjuk ruling changed that in Germany. Related: Cold War. Atomic Weapons. Nuke Yourself. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city?
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