For this assigned blog we had to watch a movie about world war 2. I chose Windtalkers becuase Mr. Bruns reconmended it for me.
This movie is definitely an awesome action movie. It gets your adreniline going big time. It is semi based off true stuff that happened during world war 2. Its about Navajo code talkers who played an important part in the war and helping the US defeat Japan.
Joe Enders is the main character in this movie. He is a marine and a leader of a platoon at the begginning of the movie. He ends up becoming traumatized by the loss of his entire platoon in the Solomon Islands during an ambush. He believed that the ambush was deadlier than necessary due to his indecision and not listening to his fellow soldiers when they told him they should retreat. He had told them that they had to stay because he had to listen to the command he was given. All his people in his platoon ended up dying except him.
After the ambush he ends up having major hearing loss. Because of his ear loss he gets sent to a naval hospital in Hawaii. Joe ends up meeting a very sympathetic nurse. She realizes how much Joe wants to go back to combat so she decides to help him. While joe was taking his hearing test she stood behind the man operating the sounds and helped joe suprisingly pass the test that he should have failed.
After passing his hearing test his next assignment is not what he expected. Joe is ordered to safeguard a Navajo soldier named Ben Yahzee because the military has developed a new secret code based on the Navajo language. The Navajo language was unbreakable to the Japanese. This was very essential in calling in air attacks. Joe's only responsibility was to only protect Ben but Joe would go above and beyond his assignment and risk his life many times.
Navajo soldiers were an immediate need for the Americans. Ben and his friend, Charlie we Joe's responsibility. Joe basically had to defend and guide Ben during the invasion of Saipan. If either of the code-talker's were captured by enemies Joe was forced to kill the code talkers in order for the language to stay secretive.
During one of the fights Ben faked like he was a Japanese soldier and helped save Joe's life during one of his many near suicidal actions he took. Ben and joe saved many Marines during that battle. Before doing this Ben was very scared to kill anyone. It took a lot of courage out of him to finally kill someone. Later in the movie Joe he had to kill Charlie when he got captured by many Japanese soldiers. This really made Ben mad and Ben just about shot Joe.
Ben held a grudge on Joe for a while but then ended up helping Joe yet again do a heroic act and send in an essential air attack and Joe died by Ben's side. Ben and Joe had become very close by the end of Joe's life.
Ben and Joe saved countless Marines lives with their courage. They called in esencial air attacks and did many other heroic acts. This movie shows how much the Navajos did for the Americans during the war. Through their bravery we were able to accomplish many amazing things that would not have been able to be accomplished.
Ben and joe
Charlie
Joe
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Comments
Well done!