Bill toledo, world war ii navajo code talker hero passes at age 92

Sun photo by Don Moore. The Rotary Club of Englewood, Fla. While here they also talked to the general public at a two hour session held at Lemon Bay High School in Englewood on Thursday evening.

Navajo Nation officials announced Friday that Navajo Code Talker Bill Henry Toledo died Thursday in Grants at age

A full house of 1st Marine Division Assn. Toledo was fresh off the reservation when he joined the Marines in October as an year-old Leatherneck. Like a handful of other Navajos before he was sent to a special communications school at Camp Elliott, north of San Diego, Calif. Before that battle was over 1, Americans were killed and 18, Japanese lost their lives..

Navajo Code Talker Bill Toledo passed on Thursday morning in Grants at the age of Toledo was born on March 28, in Torreon, NM on the eastern Navajo.

Many of our landing craft ended up on the beach. While we were trying to push them off the beach Japanese Zero fighters strafed us. Luckily, we had one of our carriers off shore and called for help. We secured the island in a month. By then 1, Marines died on the island fighting and 18, Japanese were killed. The 4th and 5th Marine Divisions hit the beach first and the 3rd Marine Division was held as a floating reserve off shore.

The 5th Division was on our left and the 4th was on our right. The fighting was tough. The center hill was in our section.