{"id":54589,"date":"2017-12-15T05:18:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54589"},"modified":"2017-12-15T05:21:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:21:17","slug":"navajo-code-talker-teddy-draper-sr-dies-arizona-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/navajo-code-talker-teddy-draper-sr-dies-arizona-96.html","title":{"rendered":"Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper Sr. dies in Arizona at 96"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper Sr. dies in Arizona at 96<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Navajo Nation officials say Teddy Draper Sr. died Thursday at age 96 in the small city of Prescott.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tribal officials say Draper lived in Chinle, Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Draper and other Navajos followed in the footsteps of the original 29 who developed the code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He was part of the 5th Marine Division, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima and received a Purple Heart as well as a Congressional Silver Medal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Funeral plans were pending and a list of Draper&#8217;s survivors wasn&#8217;t immediately available Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Draper&#8217;s death came nine days after another Navajo Code Talker, George B. Willie Sr., died in Arizona at age 92.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/12\/14\/navajo-code-talker-teddy-draper-sr-dies-in-arizona-at-96.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/navajo-code-talker-teddy-draper-sr-dies-arizona-96.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper Sr. dies in Arizona at 96 A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in Arizona. Navajo Nation officials say Teddy Draper Sr. died Thursday at age 96 in the small city of Prescott. 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