Posted on 10/11/2021 12:51:05 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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This is what the Navaho code talker said Iwo Jima on blogs.va.com
BTW, there is a short video at the link. 🙂
Wasn’t there a feature film about these codebreakers? Windtalkers, I believe? I can’t be sure; I’ve never seen the movie.
Meet many of them at different venues when I live in New Mexico, great friendly and modest men all
Yes, 2002 Wind Talkers, definitely worth watching.
(While you're in Kayenta, stop at the Burger King and look at the Navajo Code Talker display inside.)
Thus is what needs to be taught in schools.
“Wasn’t there a feature film about these codebreakers? Windtalkers, I believe? I can’t be sure; I’ve never seen the movie.”
Yes but don’t bother. It was more about the Nicholas Cage character than the actual Code Talkers. Pure drek just filmed to take advantage of the WW2 nostalgia of the time.
It was a disgusting piece of garbage that was more about the white guy (Nicolas Cage) than the actual code talkers. It really was an insult to the code talkers themselves.
Hollywood hasn’t made a decent war movie in years.
We seem to have different views on the Windtalkers movie. It was 70% the Nicholas Cage character, 15% code talkers and the rest slightly relevant semi-history.
Nick Cage...sucking the life out of every movie he’s in.
Totally agree. What a shame. It’s a great story that practically tells itself. Deserved better.
I served with the grandson of one of these men.
Semper Fi.
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“Inspired By True Events” = A bunch of made up BS
That must have been as interesting person to know.
Thank you for saving me 2 hours of drivel!
He was.
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It was directed by John Woo. Can’t reasonably expect more than it was. Though I was surprised to learn that apparently the Marines used blackpowder in their artillery and filled all the shells with gasoline. At least that’s what I saw on screen. That and that it was partially filmed in the Southern California part of the Pacific. And the paper thin characters.
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