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Navajo.
What is the language that Roy Hawthorn wasn't allowed to speak at school?
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Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor.
What was the act that got us into the war?
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Navajo.
What is the language that was chosen for the code?
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Yes, they rode on a bus to get to boot camp.
Did they use buses to get to boot camp?
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Yes they took part in the major ones.
Did the code talkers take part in the battles?
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Roy Hawthorn did learn his language.
Did Roy Hawthorn learn to speak his language?
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The Enemy could hear the conversations so we needed codes.
Could the Japanese hear what we said over the radios?
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It was chosen because it is so hard to understand.
Why was Navajo chosen for the code.
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Yes, boot camp was in the city.
Was boot camp in the city?
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Yes it worked.
Did the code work?
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Roy Hawthorn lives on the Reservation.
Where did Roy Hawthorn grow up?
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The Enemy could break the codes.
Could the enemy break our codes?
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Yes, he could speak it.
Could Philip Johnson speak Navajo?
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Yes some of the things they did there clashed with old traditions.
Did some things at boot camp clash with old traditions?
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We won the war.
Did we win?
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Roy Hawthorn became a Code Talker.
What did Roy Hawthorn do when he grew up?
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We needed unbreakable codes.
What did we need to defeat Japan?
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Yes it took a long time to learn.
Did it take a long time for Philip Johnson to learn Navajo?
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They had to shave their heads.
Could they have their normal braids?
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No they didn't fight. They just sent messages.
Did the code talkers fight at all?
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400 code talkers.
What is the number of code talkers that joined?
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England.
From what country were the code breakers of Japan from?
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No he is not Navajo.
Is Philip Johnson Navajo?
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They were normally in the first wave of troops.
Were they the first or last in the troops?