Desert. He worked as a maintenance department supervisor at the same supply center until his 1984 retirement. Joe Morris spoke extensively about the experience of the Navajo code talkers during the 1990s and 2000s (decade). Morris and his fellow Navajo code talkers were honored by in an exhibit at the Pentagon in 1992, which he attended. Morris also attended Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in 2001, in which President George W. Bush presented the award to four or the original twenty-nine Navajo code talkers. He and 200 surviving code talkers were awarded the Congressional Silver Medal on November 25, 2001, at a ceremony in Window Rock, Arizona. Joe Morris Sr. died from complications of a stroke on July 17, 2011, at Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, California, at the age of 85. President of the Navajo Nation Ben Shelly ordered American flags on the Navajo Nation to be lowered to half staff in Morris' honor. He was buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. References 1926 births 2011 deaths United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II Burials at Riverside National Cemetery Navajo code talkers People from San Bernardino County, California People from Navajo County, Arizona Military personnel from Arizona 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native Americans Native American people from Arizona