Windtalkers
Windtalkers
“ Honor Was Their Code. ”
CINEMA2002-06-07
RegionUS
Runtime134 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A massive, visceral WWII battle epic honoring the heroic Navajo code talkers amidst the brutality of Saipan.”
“A massive, visceral WWII battle epic honoring the heroic Navajo code talkers amidst the brutality of Saipan.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / DirectorTOPIC
John WooCast & Crew
KEYWORDS
japanworld war iiradio transmissionmarine corpsus armynative americancodebased on true storynavajopacific warwar hero
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