Window Rock, AZ—For the second time this year, President Ben Shelly has
ordered Navajo Nation flags to be flown at half-staff from March 2 to March 5
in honor of the late Navajo Code Talker Joe Antonio Silversmith, he was 86.
Silversmith, a Marine Corporal, passed away at his home in Coolidge, New
Mexico on Monday, February 28, 2011.