Georgia Boy Character Analysis in Code Talker

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:

Memory, Language, and Identity Theme Icon

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.

Related Characters: Ned Begay (speaker), Georgia Boy

Page Number and Citation: 67

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Georgia Boy Character Timeline in Code Talker

The timeline below shows where the character Georgia Boy appears in Code Talker. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...some things he has in common with his white peers. A blond-haired, blue-eyed recruit named Georgia Boy approaches Ned in the mess hall one day and asks if Ned can read. He... (full context)

Before Bougainville, Ned is happily reunited with Georgia Boy , his friend from boot camp. Georgia Boy greets him with a bear hug. The... (full context)

...of digging a foxhole, but he soon finds himself at the bottom of one with Georgia Boy . Georgia Boy has a small shrapnel wound. He tells Ned that Ned dragged him... (full context)

...with which he’s killed two Japanese people. When a mortar shell hits nearby, Ned and Georgia Boy dive into their foxhole, but the islander doesn’t flinch, just calmly offers them some bananas.... (full context)

...fellow Navajo code talkers, but instead he’s “ill at ease,” worrying about his friends, like Georgia Boy and Smitty, who are still fighting. He no longer thinks of those men as white... (full context)

...“Howling Mad” Smith. The ultimate objective is to reach Japan itself. Ned is reunited with Georgia Boy and Smitty in the operation’s Southern Task Force. Their first objective will be the island... (full context)

...the shoulder by a Japanese sniper. He only remembers being carried to the medic by Georgia Boy . He later wakes up in the operating room on the hospital ship. The wound... (full context)

...They are raked with enemy fire, and suddenly Ned turns to see blood spurting from Georgia Boy ’s neck. After a medic arrives, Ned has to keep moving with his radio. It’s... (full context)

...of the biggest surprises of his life. He hears a familiar Southern drawl and sees Georgia Boy , who has survived his wounds after all. This only adds to the good morale... (full context)

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Georgia Boy Character Timeline in Code Talker