
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