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Nate Silver breaks down international soccer (ratings here). In related news, Mark Thompson and Ordinary Will have achieved nirvana.
by Mark of New Jersey · November 11, 2009
Nate Silver breaks down international soccer (ratings here). In related news, Mark Thompson and Ordinary Will have achieved nirvana.
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Mark is a Founding Editor of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, the predecessor of Ordinary Times.
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One of the few remaining Navajo Code Talkers, Samuel Sandoval, died at the age of 98.
“Sam was a great warrior. (He) served his country well; especially using the top secret Navajo Code,” Navajo Code Talker and Navajo Code Talker Association President Peter MacDonald said in a text message to The Arizona Mirror.
“He wanted to tell all Navajo families and (the) younger generation the importance of our Navajo language,” he added. “He’ll be terribly missed.”
The Navajo Code talkers were a group of U.S. Marines who used their Native language to transmit messages during World War II. Only three are still alive today: MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
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Sandoval was born in 1922 in Nageezi, New Mexico, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on March 26, 1943. He completed basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, where the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers arrived in September 1942. The men were responsible for developing the unbreakable code used across the Pacific during World War II.
Sandoval served five combat tours, including Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, Peleliu and Okinawa, and was honorably discharged in 1946.
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During Sandoval’s military service, he earned a Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, a Combat Action Ribbon, a China Service Medal, a World War II Victory Medal, a Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia Clasp, and an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with a silver star. Sandoval also received the 2022 American Spirit Award for Bravery from the National WWII Museum.
Semper fi, et requiescat in pace, bellator inclitus.
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I was just about to post that! Hahahaha mediocre bloggers think alike and all the rest . . .Report
Indeed. I figured it would be a race to put up a two-line post about this. 😉Report
It’ll be interesting to see if Nate continues this for a while. I’d expect him to do a much better job than the FIFA ranking which are more or less an acknowledged joke (though people take them surprisingly seriously).Report