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Windtalkers
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In early 1942, the US Marine Corps began recruiting young Navajo men to serve as “codetalkers” who would transmit orders via radio using a code based on the Navajo language. The code was inscrutable to the Japanese, who were never able to crack it. John Woo’s 2002 film Windtalkers tells a slightly fictionalized version of their story. As usual, James and Sean attempt to sort through the Hollywood embellishments to tell the history behind the movie.
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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