WWII Navajo Code Talker, Allen Dale June dies at 91

September 22, 2010 · By Jerry Castillo

Allen Dale June, one of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers, died Sept. 8 at the Veteran Assistance Hospital in Prescott. He was 91.

From left to right: Allen June, Daniel Akee, his son, Gerald Shipman, Rex Carolin, Gene Coppedge.

From left to right: Allen June, Daniel Akee, his son, Gerald Shipman, Rex Carolin, Gene Coppedge.

They were a small band of warriors who created an unbreakable code from the ancient language of their people and changed the course of modern history.

Known as Navajo Code Talkers, they were young Navajo men who transmitted secret communications on the battlefields of WWII. At a time when America’s best cryptographers were falling short, these modest sheepherders and farmers were able to fashion the most ingenious and successful code in military history. They drew upon their proud warrior tradition to brave the dense jungles of Guadalcanal and the exposed beachheads of Iwo Jima. Serving with distinction in every major engagement of the Pacific theater from 1942-1945, their unbreakable code played a pivotal role in saving countless lives and hastening the war’s end.

Members of a Coolidge motorcycle enthusiast group, Indigenous Riders, were there to escort June’s body from Flagstaff to Page. Rex Carolin, Cameron Carolin and Gene Coppedge were there for the procession Sept. 15.

June was one of the original Navajo Code Talkers who helped create unbreakable military radio codes during World War II.

He was a sergeant in the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific Theater. He joined the Corps when he was 16 telling a recruiter he was older than he was.

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