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Navajo
What is the language Roy Hawthorne couldn't speak at the U.S. government school?
100
The Japanese
Who attacked Pearl Harbor?
100
May 1942
When did the new Marines that lived in the Navajo reservation get sent to the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot?
100
Camp Elliot
Where did the Navajos go after Marine Recruits Corps Training Depot?
100
Medals
What did the surviving code talkers get when they got back from the war?
200
They would wash your mouth with soap
What is the consequences when the students at the school get if they speak Navajo?
200
December 7, 1941
When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
200
The Navajos wore their hair in braids but the Marines had to shave their heads
What wad way the training interfered with the Navajo traditions?
200
The Navajos special mission
What did Camp Elliot make clear to the Navajos?
200
Year 2000
When did they get the medals?
300
At the park and at home
Where is the places Roy Hawthorne spoke Navajo?
300
In the 1940s
When did the military develop wireless radios?
300
San Diego
Where was the Marines Corps Recruit Training Depot?
300
How the code came to be
What did Chester Nez later on recall?
300
Lived regularly without any awards
What happened right after they came from the war?
400
New Mexico in the Navajo reservation
Where did Roy live?
400
It would be impossible to break
What did Philip Johnston believe about the Navajo code?
400
29
How many Navajos went to the training?
400
Apple
What is the word that represents A for Navajos?
400
1945
When did the Japanese surrender?
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400
How many code talkers were in the war?
500
Missionaries
What are the jobs that Philip Johnston's parents had?
500
Fort Wingate, New Mexico
Where did the 29 Navajos swear to not tell anyone about the code?
500
Shush
What is the bear in Navajo?
500
The Navajo language defeated the enemy
What does the words on the bottom of the medals mean?
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