The Code Talkers
Starring and Notable Films/Awards
Graham Greene ..
Green Mile, The - Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast at the 1999 Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) Awards"500 Nations" (TV - Mini Series)
Dances with Wolves - Nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1990 Academy Awards
Director
Leon Gast .
When We Were Kings - Winner of the 1997 Academy Award for Best Feature Length DocumentaryHells Angels Forever
The Grateful Dead Movie
B.B. King, Live in America
September 1st, 1939
Hitler invades Poland and in turn France and England declared war on Germany
Late Fall, 1939
Seeing that American involvement in World War II is a distinct possiblity, the Pentagon sets out to establish a new code for the Americian military.
Winter, 1939
After extensive research General Roger F. Bannister recommends enlisting the assitance of the Navajo Indians and their language.
Spring, 1940
A camp of 15,000 Navajo Indians is established in Northern Arizona. Their they under go extensive training to become the code transimittors, recievers and intrepretators for the US military. They recieve the nickname of The Code Talkers
December 7, 1941
The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The United States enters WW II. With it go 15,000 Navajo Indians. By it's conclusion more then 50,000 will have served and helped turn the favor of the war. Their code is never broken
This is their story.
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