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Windtalkers (2002)

Windtalkers (2002)

Action War

Honor Was Their Code.

Release Date: 2002, June 7
Directors: John Woo
Countries: United States of America
Production: Lion Rock Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Jason Isaacs, Nicolas Cage, Simon Rhee, Frances O'Connor, Denney Pierce, Kevin Cooney, Noah Emmerich, Christian Slater, Peter Stormare, Holmes Osborne, Cazimir Milostan

Overview:

Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.

Keywords:

based on true story world war ii native american japan war hero us army code radio transmission pacific war marine corps navajo