The movie that I chose to analyze is, “Windtalkers”. “Windtalkers” is based upon the Navajo code talkers that helped the U.S during WW2. The Navajo Code talkers were a vital part of the effort in the pacific during WW2, stopping the Japanese from decoding the messages of the United States to its platoons. The Navajo was a secret well kept during the war and help the allies push onward in getting vital parts of the land to ending the war.
During the war, enemies desired to decode and intercept messages during battles in the pacific. The Japanese were well trained in decrypting the Military messages and that is when the Navajo were brought in. The U.S Marine corp enlisted Navajos to have a more secure way of sending and receiving messages without being decoded. Philip Johnston initiated the program. Johnston grew up on a reservation of the Navajo and became familiar with the language. With experience on being a WW1 veteran. Johnston knew the importance of messages being encrypted. In 1942, he brought the idea to the table but was not considered until traveling to San Diego to Camp Elliot. Talking to Major Jones about the idea, Major …show more content…
“Navajo code talkers were sent to a Marine unit deployed in the Pacific theater” . In a scene of the Navajo arriving at their platoon, They were paired with a marine. In the movie, the marines and the Navajo do not get along as when the marine see they Navajo they tend to discriminate against their culture, “despite societal discrimination against them … a time when Indians were discouraged from practicing their native culture, a few brave men used their cultural heritage, their language, to help change the course of history.” Marines would discriminate the Navajo but also knew of their importance to the task at hand. The importance that the movie took way to
During the war, enemies desired to decode and intercept messages during battles in the pacific. The Japanese were well trained in decrypting the Military messages and that is when the Navajo were brought in. The U.S Marine corp enlisted Navajos to have a more secure way of sending and receiving messages without being decoded. Philip Johnston initiated the program. Johnston grew up on a reservation of the Navajo and became familiar with the language. With experience on being a WW1 veteran. Johnston knew the importance of messages being encrypted. In 1942, he brought the idea to the table but was not considered until traveling to San Diego to Camp Elliot. Talking to Major Jones about the idea, Major …show more content…
“Navajo code talkers were sent to a Marine unit deployed in the Pacific theater” . In a scene of the Navajo arriving at their platoon, They were paired with a marine. In the movie, the marines and the Navajo do not get along as when the marine see they Navajo they tend to discriminate against their culture, “despite societal discrimination against them … a time when Indians were discouraged from practicing their native culture, a few brave men used their cultural heritage, their language, to help change the course of history.” Marines would discriminate the Navajo but also knew of their importance to the task at hand. The importance that the movie took way to