Windtalkers
Subtitle: a novelization
By: by Max Allan Collins ; based on a screenplay written by John Rice & Joe Batteer
Contributors: Rice, John; Batteer, Joseph
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780060000967
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Cryptography; Navajo Indians; Indian Participation; Fiction
Description: During the invasion of Sai-pan near the end of World War II, Marine Joe Enders is given the task of protecting Navajo radioman Ben Yahzee, called a codetalker, or killing him if he falls into enemy Japanese hands.
Notes: "Now a major motion picture from MGM starring Nicolas Cage and directed by John Woo"--Cover.