Flags on Navajo Nation lowered to honor deceased Code Talker

Window Rock, Ariz. • Flags on the Navajo Nation will be lowered Monday to honor a revered Navajo Code Talker who died in New Mexico last week.Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said in a statement that all flags will fly at half-staff as a tribute to Joe Vandever, Sr. through Thursday.Vandever died Friday of health complications in Haystack, according to his family. He was 96.Vandever was among hundreds of Navajos who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, transmitting messa