Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., orders flags fl

[Okwes]

Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., orders flags flown half-staff in
honor of two Navajo Code Talkers

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.- Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., has
ordered all Navajo Nation flags flown at half-staff for six days in
honor and remembrance of two elderly Navajo Code Talkers who passed
away this week.

Stewart Clah, 87, of Tse' Daa Kaan (Hogback), N.M. passed away on
Sunday and Charles K. Guy, Sr., of Chinle, Ariz., died on Tuesday.

All flags shall be flown at half-staff from May 2, 2007 to May 6, 2007.

"Pray for their families," the President said during his weekly KTNN
radio address on Wednesday. "They used our language against the
Japanese, and the United States was able to win World War II with that
assistance."

Stewart Clah reportedly lied about being older than he actually was in
order to enter the U.S. Marines. Mr. Guy formerly worked for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.

In a proclamation in their honor, the President states that the the
Navajo Nation is greatly saddened by the loss of two more Navajo Code
Talkers.

Both served the United States of America and the Navajo Nation with
courage,honor and distinction, he said.


Navajo Nation Office of the President
George Hardeen,
Communications Director
E-mail: [e-mail]
Ofc: 928-871-7917 Cell: 928-309-8532