Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
as Sergeant Joe Enders
as Private Ben Yahzee
as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
as Corporal Charles Rogers
as Pappas
as Harrigan
as Private Nellie
as Charlie Whitehorse
as Rita Swelton
as Sergeant Peter Henderson
as Major Mellitz
as Fortino
as Mertens
as Ear Doctor
as Colonel Hollings
as Kittring
as Hasby
as Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant
as Marine
as Corpsman
as Field Hospital Colonel
as Marine Recruit
as Code Instructor Sergeant
as Technical Sergeant
as Japanese Intelligence Officer
as Japanese Radio Operator
as Battleship Petty Officer
as Tanapag Boy
as Tanapag Mother
as NCO
as Tanapag Girl
as Japanese Artillery Man
as Japanese Artillery Sighter
as Japanese Artillery Gunner
as Hula Dancer
as Hula Dancer
as Hula Dancer
as Hula Dancer
as Hula Dancer
as Hula Dancer
as Marine
as Private Povovich (uncredited)
as U.S. Marine (uncredited)
as Private Corelli (uncredited)
as Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
as Politician (uncredited)
as Marine (uncredited)
as Marine (uncredited)
as Japanese Officer (uncredited)
as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
as Marine (uncredited)
as Marine (uncredited)
as Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
as Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited)
as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
as U.S. Marine (uncredited)
as Injured soldier (uncredited)
as Marine (uncredited)
as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
as Private Jennings (uncredited)
as Private Ricks (uncredited)
as Marine Beau (uncredited)
as Core Group Marine (uncredited)
as Japanese Radioman (uncredited)
as Hospital Room Patient (uncredited)
as Battleship Codetalker
as Japanese Artillery Officer
as Marine Artillery Commander
as Japanese Bunker Gunner
as Japanese Bunker Commander
as Eddie the Bartender
as Radio Codetalker
as Navajo Instructor
as Navajo Man