Numbers
The number of Ned's platoon.
What is the 297th?
What was hard for the Navajos to look at?
What are dead bodies?
The year the code talkers could finally discuss their work.
When is 1969?
The person who Ned teaches English.
Who is Georgia Boy?
The minimum age to be a Marine at the time.
How old is 17?
The age Ned was when he became a Marine.
How old is 16?
What happened at boarding school that made Ned and the other children feel less Navajo.
What is having their hair cut?
When Ned joined the marines. (month,year)
When is March 1943?
The family member of Ned's who attended the white man's school.
What is Ned's shoulder?
The age Ned was when he went to boarding school.
How old is 6 years old?
The punishment for speaking Navajo in boarding school.
What is washing your mouth out with soap?
Ned's birthday. (month, day)
When is November 10?
The Marine who was killed by friendly fire.
Who is Harry Tsosie?
"Bilagaanaa" translation in English
What is white people/ white man?
The age Ned was when he initially wanted to become a Marine.
How old is 15?
The punishment John Roanhorse received when he refused to quit speaking Navajo.
What is being chained in the basement?
An assault was planned on Iwo Jima. (month, year)
When is February 1945?
The man who recruited the Navajo code talkers.
Who is Corporal Manuelito?
Ned's Navajo clan.
What is the Mud Clan?
How long heavy bombs were dropped on Iwo Jima.
What is 5 months?
The way Ned felt about combat.
What is feeling sad/lonely?
D-Day for Bougainville. (month, day, year)
When was November 1, 1943?
The teacher who washed Ned's mouth with soap.
Who is Mr. Reemer?
Tradition is the enemy of __________.
What is progress?