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Corporal Johnny Manuelito
Georgia Boy is a blond-haired, blue-eyed marine with a thick Southern drawl. He and Ned become friends in boot camp after Georgia Boy asks for Ned’s help in reading a letter from home. Ned then offers to teach Georgia Boy how to read. They remain close throughout the war. Georgia Boy is seriously wounded on Iwo Jima but survives.
Georgia Boy Quotes in Code Talker
The Code Talker quotes below are all either spoken by Georgia Boy or refer to Georgia Boy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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All through Indian school we had been taught that white men knew everything. That day, for the first time, I realized several things. The first was that bilagáanaas are not born knowing everything. The second was that in many of the most important ways, white men are no different from Navajos. The third? That no matter who they are, people can always learn from each other.
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Georgia Boy Quotes in Code Talker
The Code Talker quotes below are all either spoken by Georgia Boy or refer to Georgia Boy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 10
Quotes
All through Indian school we had been taught that white men knew everything. That day, for the first time, I realized several things. The first was that bilagáanaas are not born knowing everything. The second was that in many of the most important ways, white men are no different from Navajos. The third? That no matter who they are, people can always learn from each other.
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