Navajo Nation Mourns the Loss of Longest-Living Arizona Veteran Dies Aged 105
Saturday 25th January 2020 marked the passing of World War II veteran Sophie Yazzie. Sophie, a member of the Navajo Nation, was 105 when she died peacefully surrounded by her family in Tucson, Arizona.
News of her death was broken by The Navajo Nation.
The President of The Navajo nation, Jonathan Nez, released a statement offering prayers and thoughts in support of her family and praising Yazzie as a family matriarch and Navajo warrior who served her country.
Sophie was born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, in 1914, and she joined the US. Army Air Corps in 1943 at age 28. She trained as a nurse and a cook and rose to the rank of Technician Fourth Grade (Sergeant) on the 734th WAC.
She served her country until she was honorably discharged after the war.
At the conclusion of her military service, Yazzie returned to her home and to Wingate Boarding School, from where she graduated in 1934, and worked as a cook until she retired at age 70.
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