Numbers
The highest portion of natives per tribe going to war
What is 70%?
The tribe most famously known for being involved with the Code Talkers
What is the Navajo?
This branch of the military was most involved with Native Americans.
What are the marines?
The Navajo word for hospital
What is place of medicine?
The first of the Navajos to respond to the volunteer call from the Marines
Who is Carl Gorman
The number of messages decoded during the first 48 hours at Iwo Jima
What is 800?
The first Native American to win the Medal of Honor
Who is Woodrow W. Keeble?
Which tribe had the most involvement within the marines during the war (and were tactically and physically advanced)?
What are the Navajos?
The Navajo Synonym for bombs
What is eggs?
The Navajo word for the letter B
What is shush?
The amount of Navajos that died on the Long Walk
What is 2500?
The last surviving member of the original Navajo Code Talkers
Who is Chester Nez?
A Native from the tribe of Pima helped raise the American flag in an iconic piece of propaganda during this battle
What is Iwo Jima?
The Navajo Synonym for navy
What is sea soldiers?
The Native American language the Germans were unable to decode
What is Choctaw?
The Navajo Tribal Council represented this many people
What is 50,000?
The tribe that Julia Reeves (a Army Nurse Corps member, who was assigned to one of the first medical units to be shipped to the Pacific) was from
What is the Potawatomi?
Native Americans generally fought for America during the war. However, some were against America due to previous vices against the Native Americans. What other group did Native Americans lean to?
What are the Nazis?
The Navajo word for flare
What is light streak?
The "-----" was considered unnecessary and disrespectful to Native Americans.
What is draft?
The amount of Navajo pilots General Vogel recruited for his pilot project
What is 30?
The Choctaw Second Lieutenant from Mississippi who was awarded a Medal of Honor
Who is Van T. Barfoot?
There was only one recorded Native American execution during WW2. For what reason was she executed for?
What is espionage?
The Navajo word for conquered
What is won?
The tribes known for pioneering the Code Talking in World War I.
Who is the Cherokee and the Choctaw?