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The Americans have won the war.

Ned returns home and teaches people about the Navajo language and culture.

In-Class Notes:

Used Personal Notes.

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Ned and other Marine's fought against Iwo Jima. There was a flag raised. Code talkers were an important role. The Americans won Iwo Jima.

Ned was then shipped to Suribachi, then to Okinawa. He spends a lot of time with his Marine friends.

In-Class Notes:

Describes the battle of Iwo Jima.

We learned that the flag raising image is not the original, it was staged.

FDR passes away.

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Ned was shipped to Guam. They had to wait. They won that battle.

Ned got injured but recovered.

He was shipped to Pavavu and learned new code. He caught up with some of his American Indian friends.

In-Class Notes:

Ned is generally getting used to the life of a soldier in the Pacific. He is meeting new people, making friends, and learning a lot.

He is shot in the shoulder but survives.

Headed to Iwo Jima next.

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Ned was still in war as both a soldier and a code talker. They retreated from Bougainville.

Ned got sent to Hawaii to learn more code.

He got sent out to another island (Guam) to conquer.

In-Class Notes:

Ned is conditioning to adjust to military life. He has to take malaria pills that he has to avoid.

He learns about Japanese fighting style. Very intense and ruthless.

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Personal Notes:

Ned and the other Marines got onto a ship and onto a boat to go over to an island to take over the island and put a landing place for planes.

There was a lot of battle going on.

In-Class Notes:

Ned starts his first campaign to an island, Bougainville.

He experiences real war for the first time.

He doesn't see a single Japanese soldier on his first day of fighting.

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Ned learning a lot about code talkers and had a ceremony on their final day.

He reached Hawaii and had training there for the terrain, then went into the war.

In-Class Notes:

Ned continues to train as a code talker.

He makes friendships with other Navajo soldiers, they perform a ceremony at the end of the training.

His resourcefulness and creativity help in some military challenges.

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Personal Notes:

Ned went into the Marines and had to do a lot of basic training.

He was sent to San Diego to learn and get more information that he was going to be a Code Talker.

In-Class Notes:

Ned starts basic training. He learns to swim by being pushed into a pool.

He starts to connect to other soldiers and Navajo people.

He finds out that he will be assigned to the unit of code talkers.

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There was the first group to go to the Marines. Ned got some more information about it.

After a while, his parents accepted that he could go into the Marines and they had a ceremony for Ned.

In-Class Notes:

Young men are signing up for war (Marines) and Ned wants to Enlist.

He is too young, tries to convince his parents, they say no, he has to wait.

Eventually he is able to go (by his parents) and a ceremony is performed before he leaves.

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Kii is forced to change his name to Ned.

Kii and other kids are punished for speaking their Navajo language.

Kii is being a good student and the years go by. He gets into High School, is doing well, and the attack on Pearl Harbor happens (he has read a lot about the Japanese).

In-Class Notes:

Our main character is assigned the name Ned.

His culture is taken away by the school because they changed his name, took his clothes and jewelry, and cut his hair.

Starts taking classes at the school and finds that he has a skill of teaching and learning.

Ned learns of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Personal Notes:

Kii Yazhi leaves his home and goes on a trip to his new school to learn English. He gets to know some of the kids and a teacher who have Navajo culture.

In-Class Notes:

Our main character is a young, Navajo boy (Kii Yazhi).

He is being taken to a boarding school.

He is told that his Navajo culture is not allowed in the school.