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Windtalkers
HONG KONG · 2002

Windtalkers

John Woo
World War II Navajo Code Talkers Military Brotherhood Indigenous Representation Duty and Sacrifice
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Synopsis

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.

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