Information
| Year: | 2001 |
| Rating: | 5.4(96043) |
| Listed in: | Action, Drama, Romance, War |
| Directed by: | Michael Bay |
| Actors: | Ben Affleck Josh Hartnett Cuba Gooding Jr. Jon Voight Alec Baldwin Kate Beckinsale |
| "December 7, 1941 - It Was A Sunday Morning..." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Michael Bay | |
| Actors | |
| Ben Affleck | as Capt. Rafe McCawley |
| Josh Hartnett | as Capt. Danny Walker |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | as Petty Officer Doris Miller |
| Jon Voight | as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Alec Baldwin | as Lt. Col. James Doolittle |
| Tom Sizemore | as Sgt. Earl Sistern |
| William Lee Scott | as Lt. Billy Thompson |
| Greg Zola | as Lt. Anthony Fusco |
| Ewen Bremner | as Lt. Red Winkle |
| Michael Shannon | as Lt. Gooz Wood |
| Dan Aykroyd | as Capt. Thurman |
| Colm Feore | as Adm. Husband E. Kimmel |
| John Fujioka | as Nishikura |
| Mako | as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | as Cmdr. Minoru Genda |
| Matthew Davis | as Joe |
| Reiley McClendon | as Young Danny |
| Jesse James | as Young Rafe |
| William Fichtner | as Danny's Father |
| Steve Rankin | as Rafe's Father |
| Brian Haley | as Training Captain |
| David Hornsby | as Flyer with Murmur |
| Scott Wilson | as Gen. George C. Marshall |
| Graham Beckel | as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz |
| Howard Mungo | as George |
| Randy Oglesby | as Strategic Analyst |
| Ping Wu | as Japanese Officer |
| Stan Cahill | as Pentagon Lieutenant |
| Kevin Wensing | as Executive Officer - USS West Virginia |
| Tom Everett | as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox |
| Tomas Arana | as Vice-Adm. Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher |
| Sung Kang | as Listener |
| Raphael Sbarge | as Kimmel's Aide |
| Marty Belafsky | as Louie, Sailor |
| Yuji Okumoto | as Japanese Shy Bomber |
| Josh Green | as Pvt. Ellis, Radar Operator |
| Ian Bohen | as Radar Operator #2 |
| Michael Milhoan | as Army Commander |
| Peter Firth | as Capt. Mervyn Bennion - USS West Virginia |
| Andrew Bryniarski | as Joe, Boxer |
| Marco Gould | as Pop-Up Sailor |
| Nicholas Downs | as Terrified Sailor |
| Tim Choate | as Navy Doctor |
| John Diehl | as Senior Doctor |
| Joseph Patrick Kelly | as Medic |
| Ron Harper | as Minister |
| Ted McGinley | as Army Major |
| Madison Mason | as Adm. Raymond A. Spruance |
| Kim Coates | as Jack Richards |
| Andrew Baley | as Hornet Radio Operator |
| Glenn Morshower | as RAdm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr. |
| Paul Francis | as Doolittle Co-Pilot |
| Scott Wiper | as Ripley |
| Eric Christian Olsen | as Gunner |
| Rod Biermann | as Navigator |
| Noriaki Kamata | as Japanese Soldier |
| Garret Sato | as Japanese Soldier |
| Eiji Inoue | as Japanese Soldier |
| Jeff Wadlow | as Next Guy in Line #1 |
| Will Gill Jr. | as Train Conductor |
| Seth Sakai | as Japanese Tourist |
| Curtis Andersen | as 18-Year-Old Typist |
| Blaine Pate | as Orderly in Aftermath |
| John Pyper-Ferguson | as Naval Officer in Hospital |
| Michael Shamus Wiles | as Captain Marc Andrew Mitscher |
| Brett Pedigo | as Next Guy in Line #2 |
| Toru Tanaka Jr. | as Samoan Bouncer |
| Sean Gunn | as Traction Sailor |
| Josh Ackerman | as Wounded Sailor #1 |
| Matt Casper | as Wounded Sailor #2 |
| David Kaufman | as Young Nervous Doctor |
| Lindsey Ginter | as Captain Low |
| Joshua Aaron Gulledge | as Buster |
| Guy Torry | as Teeny Mayfield |
| Leland Orser | as Major Jackson |
| Peter James Smith | as Mission listener |
| Mark Noon | as Medic |
| Pat Healy | as Newsreel Guy |
| Thomas Wilson Brown | as Young Flier |
| James Saito | as Japanese Aide #1 |
| Angel Sing | as Japanese Aide #2 |
| Tak Kubota | as Japanese Aide #3 |
| Robert Jayne | as Sunburnt Sailor |
| Vic Chao | as Japanese Doctor |
| Michael Gradilone | as Screaming Sailor |
| Frederick Koehler | as Wounded Sailor #3 |
| John Padget | as Hospital Chaplain |
| Ben Easter | as Baja Sailor #1 |
| Cory Tucker | as Baja Sailor #2 |
| Abe Sylvia | as Baja Sailor #4 |
| Jason Liggett | as Baja Sailor #5 |
| Mark Panasuk | as Baja Sailor #6 |
| Bret Roberts | as Baja Sailor #7 |
| John Howry | as Lieutenant in Boat |
| Rufus Dorsey | as Dorie's Friend |
| Patrice Martinez | as French Fisherman |
| Rodney Bursiel | as Sailor with Dog |
| Rob McCabe | as Rescue Sailor |
| Brandon Lozano | as Baby Danny |
| Seiki Moriguchi | as Akagi Communication Officer |
| Brian D. Falk | as Helmsman #1 |
| Estevan Gonzalo | as Bombing Sailor |
| Christopher Stroop | as Helmsman #2 |
| Sean Faris | as Danny's Gunner |
| Vincent J. Inghilterra | as Preacher |
| Nicholas Farrell | as RAF Squadron Leader |
| Tony Curran | as Ian |
| Viv Weatherall | as British Pilot (Supporting) |
| Benjamin Farry | as Pilot #2 |
| Daniel Mays | as Pilot #3 |
| Toshi Toda | as Dentist |
| Christopher Allison | as USS Arizona Sailor |
| Ford Austin | as Doolittle Pilot |
| Greg Baine | as Young Sailor |
| Douglas Blakeslee | as Doolittle Pilot |
| J Michael Briggs | as Injured Marine |
| Wally Burr | as Newsreel Voice |
| Matt Cable | as Doolittle Pilot |
| Winston Churchill | as Himself |
| David de Vos | as Medical Orderly |
| Jeremy Denzlinger | as Sailor |
| Chaz Fatur | as Pilot |
| Jeremy Gilbreath | as Toothbrush Sailor |
| Ken Goth | as Army 2nd Lieutenant |
| Geoffrey Gould | as Dental Patient |
| Anthony Grimley | as British Air Commander Peter Tubbs |
| Hank Harris | as Young Harbor Patrolman |
| Adolf Hitler | as Himself |
| Patrick A. Horton | as White House Cabinet Member |
| Manu Intiraymi | as Officer in Water Shouting "P-40's" |
| Saburo Kurusu | as Himself - in Washington with Nomura |
| Sherwin Lau | as Japanese Sailor |
| Scott Levy | as Sergeant |
| Beau Lotterman | as Naval Inteligence Officer |
| Francis Maikai | as Hawaiian Bartender |
| Kinsey McLean | as Soldier in Theater |
| Matt Moore | as Gooz Dude |
| Robert C. Nelson | as Army Officer |
| Kichisaburo Nomura | as Himself - in Washington with Kurusu |
| Lin Oeding | as Japanese Sailor |
| Pete Romano | as Soldier in the Water |
| David Rountree | as Navy Pilot |
| Bryan Ryan | as Sailor |
| Terry Sasaki | as Dentist |
| Matthew Saxe | as Doolittle Gunner |
| Leway Shih | as Japanese Airplane Mechanic |
| Lijay Shih | as Japanese Airplane Pilot |
| Max Thayer | as Bit Part |
| Jack Truman | as Train Conductor |
| Clyde Tull | as Army Officer |
| Larry Wegger | as Taxi Driver |
| Mark Weiler | as Naval Messenger |
| James Yeung | as Japanese Sailor |
| Actresses | |
| Kate Beckinsale | as Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson |
| Jaime King | as Nurse Betty Bayer |
| Catherine Kellner | as Nurse Barbara |
| Jennifer Garner | as Nurse Sandra |
| Sara Rue | as Nurse Martha |
| Beth Grant | as Motherly Secretary |
| Precious Chong | as Nursing Supervisor |
| Chad Morgan | as Pearl Harbor Nurse |
| Jaymee Ong | as Dental Assistant |
| Annika Banko | as Extra |
| Camille Carida | as Nurse |
| Tanya Dempsey | as Nurse |
| Frieda Jane | as Nurse |
| Cherisse Lamoureux | as Nurse |
| Elizabeth Leaff | as Nurse |
| Jill Meyers | as Nurse |
| Kathleen Mullan | as Stearn Nurse |
| Naoko Niya | as Hawaiian Bar Girl |
| Lisa Ross | as Nurse |
| Barbara Scolaro | as Josephine Doolittle |
| Melissa Anne Young | as Nurse |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Japanese, French |
| Filming dates: | 10 April 2000 - 15 September 2000 |
| Budget: | USD 140,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 75,177,654 USD (27 May 2001) UK - 8,857,791 GBP (17 June 2001) Denmark - 2,364,000 USD (10 August 2001) Singapore - 1,700,000 SGD (7 June 2001) Spain - 8,454,115 EUR (31 August 2002) |
| Plot: | Danny Walker and Rafe McCawley have been friends since childhood. They learned to fly together and they both join the Army Air Corps as pilots well before the US enters World War II. Rafe has started a relationship with Navy Nurse Evelyn Johnson but after he volunteers to join the RAF Eagle Squadron, it's Evelyn and Danny who find themselves re-assigned to Pearl Harbor in mid-1941. When Rafe is reported killed in action, they soon form a close romantic relationship only to suddenly learn, months later, that Rafe is alive and well. In the midst of this love triangle comes to Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with Rafe and Danny eventually assigned to Col. Jimmy Doolittle's raid on Tokyo. |
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"There You'll Be" Written by Diane Warren Produced by Trevor Horn and Byron Gallimore Performed by Faith Hill Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records "Little Brown Jug" Written by Willian Finnegan, Jr. Performed by Glenn Miller Courtesy of The RCA Music Group, a Division of BMG Entertainment "Bunk Bed Blues" Written by Bruce L. Fowler "Tiny Shoulderpads" Written by Bruce L. Fowler "Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol Me)" Written by Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer Performed by Woody Herman Courtesy of MCA Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Washington in the News" Written and Performed by Jack Shaindlin Courtesy of Associated Production Music, LLC "Jumpin' at the Woodside" Written by Count Basie Performed by Count Basie Courtesy of MCA Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Jeepers Creepers" Written by Harry Warren , Johnny Mercer Performed by Louis Armstrong Courtesy of MCA Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Lei Ika Mokihana" Written by Henry W. Walau Performed by Kalama's Quartet Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Kaulana Ohilo Hanakahi" Written by Lena Machado Performed by The Kalima Brothers Courtesy of Tantalus Records, Inc., Cord International, Hana Ola Records By permission of Bully Music, LLC "Hilo March" Performed by Kalama's Quartet Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Miss You" Written by Henry, Harry and Charlie Tobias Performed by The Mills Brothers Courtesy of MCA Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises |
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DATE: Due to the obvious difficulties in obtaining antique machinery, some of the military equipment does not exactly match the period, and dates from later in the war. Some of the ships and aircraft were built long after World War II, or have equipment added by their present owners - antique planes and warships are even harder to come by. Fact errors: While attempting to free drowning sailors one engineer can be seen using a welding torch to cut the hull. The torch's sound is that of an arc welding torch which would have been too bulky and dangerous to use on a capsized vessel. Fact errors: For reasons of expediency and the practical requirements of storytelling (and, presumably, due to some genuine errors), many of the actions and procedures depicted in the movie do not accurately reflect the actions and procedures followed by American and Japanese service personnel in 1941. Many of the events shown in the movie did not happen, or happened differently on the morning of 7 December 1941. This is not a documentary. Continuity: When Rafe accidentally pops the cork into his already damaged nose, he lies down and it bleeds across his cheek. In the overhead shot, the blood is gone. GEOG: Mountains can be seen in the background at Mitchell Field in Long Island, which is shown as being by the sea. There are no mountains in Long Island and the base is inland. Fact errors: "Mitchell" Field, on Long Island, is actually called "Mitchel Field" (with one "L"). Continuity: Evelyn gives Rafe a scarf when they say goodbye. It disappears and reappears between shots. Continuity: When Evelyn is whispering to Rafe about "the feeling" when she's giving Rafe his shot, Evelyn goes from talking at his shoulder, to right at his ear between shots DATE: A modern barcode can be seen on the back of a whiskey bottle. There's also a clear shot of a bottle with a built-in plastic translucent pourer under a plastic screw cap. Crew: As Dorie Miller sets down the tray of dishes you can see the hand of a crew member holding the remote control for the Steadicam. Revealing mistakes: As the Japanese aircraft attack the smaller fields, we see the pilots and the newsreel cameraman running across the airfield. The cameraman and numerous pilots are gunned down by the Zeros twice. DATE: Air conditioning units can be seen on top of the White House. DATE: Evelyn and her nurse friends are shown wearing bikinis. The bikini didn't make its first appearance until 1946. Crew: As Rafe and Danny sleep off their hangovers in the convertible, the crew is visible in the car's chrome bumper. DATE: The license plate on the car says 1943. FAIR: The Japanese are shown flipping a calendar from the 6th to the 7th of December on the morning of the attack. This is done for American audiences who are familiar with the date of the attack being 7 December 1941. Clocks aboard the Japanese ships were kept on Tokyo time, so for them the attack actually took place the morning of 8 December. The Japanese version of the film shows the calendar flipping from the 7th to the 8th. Fact errors: At that time, Japanese was written from right to left. All the Japanese characters in the movie are written from left to right, except one phrase, which says, "Empire of Japan banzai". Revealing mistakes: The gas flame used to simulate muzzle flash can be seen in a Japanese AA gun. DATE: A sailor betting on Dorie Miller's boxing match has a $5 bill with the "Hawaii" overprint on it. Although series 1934 and 1934-A notes were printed with the "Hawaii" overprint, these notes were not issued until July 1942, seven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. FAIR: Hardly anyone smokes. Although during the 1940s nearly every soldier smoked cigarettes, it was a conscious decision on the part of the film makers not to portray it because of the current feelings about the dangers of smoking. DATE: A machine gunner, though not smoking (in accordance with the film's no smoking policy), has a pack of cigarettes - modern "Marlboro Lights". Revealing mistakes: When Rafe and Evelyn are on the platform by the side of the Queen Mary, the platform is going up, but the ropes are not moving through the pulleys. Continuity: As Rafe and Danny talk on the beach, the lighting and the color of the sky changes between shots DATE: A modern 'rocking' style light switch can be seen in Evelyn's house. Fact errors: The Queen Mary was painted battleship gray in 1939 and remained that way until the end of the war, serving as a troop ship for the Royal Navy. Continuity: As Danny and Rafe try to take off from the airfield, three enemy aircraft are closing in on them, guns blazing. In the first shot, the aircraft are D3A1 "Val" dive-bombers (distinguished by their fixed landing gear in bulky fairings); in the next shot, however, the aircraft are replaced by A6M2-21 "Zero" fighters, with retractable landing gear. Revealing mistakes: When the suspected "dud" bomb bounces across the tarmac into the oil drums, you can clearly see a webbing safety strap attached to the tip of the prop bomb as it crashes into the oil drums. DATE: When Evelyn first enters Pearl Harbor, there is a tall building that clearly says, "Est. 1953". DATE: In the first view of Pearl Harbor, just before the nurses are shown in the small transport boat the Arizona Memorial is visible in the background. GEOG: Throughout the attack scene, the placement of the battleships in Battleship Row changes. When the Oklahoma is shown capsizing, in some scenes she is correctly moored next to the Maryland, in other scenes she is next to the destroyed Arizona. In some parts the capsized ship is even surrounded by some sort of fog with no ships around her. When Admiral Kimmel is on the small boat touring the harbor after the attack, the Oklahoma is next to the Arizona and other battleships that seem to have been placed in a random clutter next to each other, instead of the line that they were in that morning. Even in the scene showing Pearl Harbor at an aerial view right before the attack, the Geography of Ford Island and the placement of the battleships is wrong. Battleship Row isn't even visible. Crew: During the attack on Pearl Harbor, when the people are jumping off the ships, a crew member can be seen (dressed as a sailor) holding a camera (covered in green plastic) floating next to him in the water. Continuity: When Danny and Evelyn leave the Black Cat diner, Evelyn doesn't leave her handkerchief on the table. After she has walked out the door, Danny picks up the handkerchief, which was not there a second ago. Continuity: When Miller shoots down the Zero, the ammunition canisters for the anti-aircraft gun he is firing are open and closed in different shots, and sometimes missing altogether. DATE: A Japanese officer is shown examining Reconnaissance photos mounted on black illustration board. The Name "Oxford" is clearly visible, as is the modern "Recycling" symbol, indicating that is at least partly made from recycled materials. Crew: The camera pans across a window, showing Evelyn seated inside and eventually stops at a reflection of Rafe. A red indicator light from the camera is clearly reflected and moves across the first pane during the shot. Continuity: When the pilots return home after bombing Japan, we see a back view of Doolittle's wife with a purse in her left hand. As she walks forward to welcome her husband home, the camera reverses angle and we see a front view of her. But now, the purse had switched sides and appears in her right hand instead. Continuity: When Rafe and Danny give blood after the attack, the needle is in Danny's left arm and Rafe's right arm. The bandages on their arms after giving blood during the salvage scene are on the other arms. DATE: The early boyhood scenes are dated 1923, but the father is a crop duster, an occupation that did not exist until after WWII. In addition, the Stearman biplane used in the opening scenes wasn't produced until 1934. It was a pilot trainer for the military, and was released to the public after WWII as surplus. Continuity: When Rafe's squadron is scrambled (in the sequence before he gets shot down) he gets on to the wing of a Spitfire with the markings RF-T. For the rest of the sequence he is in a Spitfire with the markings RF-M (apart from one fleeting shot where the last letter is R). DATE: The Japanese zero aircraft depicted in the film are green, even though the ones used in the real attack in 1941 were painted grey. The Japanese Navy didn't paint their zeroes green until 1943. Revealing mistakes: The car the heroes drive to the airfield in is strafed by a zero. The large-caliber armor-piercing ammunition that can rip airplanes and ships to pieces does only cosmetic damage to the car. Fact errors: Rafe wears an Eagle Squadron badge, as do the Spitfires. The squadron code 'RF' is for No.303 Squadron, which was a Polish unit. The only Hurricane seen in the film has the correct codes for an Eagle Squadron, 'XR-T' for No.71 Squadron. DATE: In the beginning of the movie, we see a newsreel of 1940, showing a US tank fighting in the city of Cologne. This did not happen before March 1945. Continuity: When Nurse Evelyn is holding her fingers in the soldier's neck artery, she uses her right hand. When she asks the doctor what he needs, and turns to get it, she turns her body completely (and her right arm elbow is crooked) obviously taking her fingers away from the man's wound. She then hands the item to the doctor (again with the right hand). There is a cut away to show her hand still on the wound. Fact errors: In preparation for the Doolittle raid on Japan, the film shows the Japanese medals being wired to the nose of the bombs, where they might interfere with detonation. Historic photos of the actual event show the medals being wired to the fins. Continuity: When the planes take off to bomb Tokyo, the captain of the carrier says "forward" in order to help them taking off. When the planes are still taking off, the carrier has its anchor chains as if it was anchored. Fact errors: When the Doolittle raiders are practicing their takeoffs, the flags in the background indicate that they are on a downwind departure. Anyone with any knowledge of aviation knows you take off into the wind. Especially if you are trying to shorten the takeoff run. Continuity: In a scene where the ship turns over, the chain on the bottom curves up as if gravity has no affect on it. Fact errors: After Pearl Harbor, Col Doolittle recruited Rafe and Danny to fly on the Raid on Tokyo. Rafe and Danny are single-engined fighter pilots and would not be qualified to fly multi-engined bombers. While the B-25 Mitchell bomber is an easy plane to fly, the participants would have come from qualified bombardment squadrons. As a matter of historical record, the pilots on the actual raid largely were recruited from the 34th Bombardment Squadron of the 17th Bombardment Group (aka, "The Thunderbirds"). DATE: In the golf course scene you can see a Willys Jeep M38. This car was not produced before 1950. Fact errors: During the Doolittle Raid, there is a shot of the planes flying toward the camera with the setting sun behind them. During the actual mission, the planes flew west to Japan, then continued west to China, into the setting sun, not away from it. DATE: In the England scene, a spitfire with a four-blade propeller is seen. This was a late-war model. All Spitfires at the time of the Battle of Britain were models with three-blade constant pitch propellers. Continuity: While the Japanese flagship, the carrier IJN Akagi, is normally shown as an accurate representation of the WWII vessel, in one long shot of the Japanese fleet she is instead represented by a modern nuclear-powered supercarrier which looks completely different. In later shots, the accurate Akagi is shown again. Fact errors: The Japenese torpedo dropped from a plane rockets on the water with its wooden frame intact. In reality, the wooden frame would detach once in the water. BOOM: After Evelyn tells Rafe that she is pregnant, she walks away and leaves him standing by the gas pumps. When the camera pans out from him, you can see the boom mic in the upper right hand corner. Fact errors: Danny's B-25 strafes the Japanese forces that are advancing on Rafe's position after he ditches, firing the fuselage-mounted 50-caliber machine guns. The B-25B models used in the raid were not outfitted with these guns. Miscellaneous: All of the ships shown in the attack sequence have their Naval (bow) registry numbers painted over with an off color hue on the hull. Also they have radar and antennas that do not belong on ships supposedly constructed prior to 1941. Fact errors: Rafe explains to the pilots, that are going to fight the Zeros that are strafing the airfield, that "P-40's can't outrun Zeros, so we're going to have to out-fly them." He has the aircraft capabilities backwards. In level flight and especially a dive, the P-40 can outrun a Zero any day. On the same note, a Zero can fly circles around a P-40. Pilots fighting the Zero in the P-40 were told to use "zoom and boom" tactics, diving on Zeros and racing away. If a P-40 pilot ever tried to out-fly a Zeros superior maneuverability, he'd be dead. DATE: The rimless eyeglasses worn by Dan Aykroyd's character, with the lenses held in place by a nylon wire, are a relatively modern invention. Back in WWII, the only rimless eyeglasses that would have been available were what were called "drill-mounts"; holes were drilled into the lenses, and the nose bridge and temples were screwed into the lenses via these drill holes. Nylon wire rimless glasses didn't come into use until many years later. Continuity: When Rafe is shot down just off the coast of England and crashes into the water it's bright daylight. Yet when he surfaces just moments after crashing it's pitch black outside. DATE: As soon as the Japanese planes fly in, we see shots of the US fleet. The ships with the overhanging ladder style device at their bows are a class of assault-transport ship that were not launched until the early 1970s - some 30 years after the events takes place. Fact errors: Only one raider died during a plane crash following the Doolittle Raid. Two others died from their injuries sustained from crashes. Five more died while in Japanese captivity (4 executed; 1 of malnutrition). However, the movie killed off several raiders inaccurately, including one from Japanese anti-artillery fire during the actual raid. DATE: A speedboat featured is a 1950's era Capri type Chris Craft. The movie is set in 1941. Revealing mistakes: During the Doolittle raid take off scene, a shot from the nose of a B25 clearly shows the launching mechanism that was on the deck of a modern aircraft carrier, used for launching jet fighters. Continuity: We see an above shot of Evelyn putting ice on Rafe's nose (after the cork hits it), then it cuts to a side shot and we see Evelyn pulling the ice away. When the camera cuts back to the above shot, the ice is still on Rafe's nose and Evelyn pulls it away after a couple of seconds. Continuity: When Evelyn and Danny leave the movies, they both point to a place to go and it's across the street. But when it shows them in the window of the "Black Cat Diner" it is right next to the theater. Fact errors: Military Nurses were not permitted to wear long flowing hair styles as portrayed in the film. While in uniform, including their whites, the length permitted was just above their collars. Fact errors: The Doolittle raid is loaded with errors. First, the 16 bombers are shown flying together at somewhat high altitude and in formation on the way to Japan, whereas each plane actually flew the mission as a single sortie at very low altitude to avoid radar detection. Next, the Japanese targets are shown to suffer very heavy bombing damage, whereas very little damage was actually done (the psychological damage to the Japanese, however, was considerable). Finally, Japanese land and air defense forces are shown to offer heavy resistance to the American bombers during the attack, whereas the bombers were not detected before the attack and were unopposed during the attack. Fact errors: During the Japanese attack, one of their bombers that are attacking an airfield is carrying an aerial torpedo. This weapon is designed only to attack ships by being launched at low level into the water by a bomber flying toward the target, not to attack land-based targets. Fact errors: In the several scenes showing the large Japanese fleet formation prior to the attack, the ships are so close together as to constitute an extremely serious hazard underway. Actual ship-to-ship spacing in a large carrier task force is typically 800 to 1000 yards, in which case the entire task force could not be shown, even on the widest screen available, unless photographed from a much higher altitude than as portrayed. Fact errors: Doris Miller is shown as a petty officer second class. Miller was in fact a petty officer third class at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. Continuity: Evelyn finds out she's pregnant on December 6th. Yet when April comes around and she goes to talk to the Major about the Doolittle raid, she shows no sign of being pregnant even though she is at least 4-5 months along. DATE: After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Danny and Rafe are seen boarding a C-47 transport which is to take them to their destination where they will train for the top secret mission. The C-47 used, clearly has a radar dome mounted in the nose. C-47s of this type did not exist in that time frame. Fact errors: Evelyn and other nurses are seen being decorated with the Purple Heart. Evelyn was not wounded in the movie; the Purple Heart is only awarded to those who have been wounded or killed. BOOM: In the scene just after Evelyn tells Rafe she's pregnant with Danny's baby, and Rafe is walking away, the camera zooms out and a boom mic is exposed in the upper right corner. Fact errors: During the practice runs for the Doolittle raid, the B25s are heard to squeal their tires and fishtail under the heavy throttle at takeoff. As all airplanes are prop or jet powered, not wheel powered, this would be impossible. Fact errors: Admiral Yamamoto did not exercise tactical control over the Pearl Harbor attack, so he did not personally cancel the third wave. Decision was made by Vice-Admiral Nagumo who was the actual commander of the attacking Japanese carrier force. DATE: Japanese pilots are shown putting on white rising sun headbands and drinking a cup of sake before the takeoff. This ritual was created for the "special attack" (kamikaze) units and did not appear until almost three years later. Continuity: When the major brings Evelyn into the command post area, he tells her Doolittle's raid is scheduled to take off in a "couple of hours". If the task force was spotted by a Japanese ship and immediately launched which advanced the raids execution by 12 hours (as reported to President Roosevelt), how could the Major have brought Evelyn to the command post a couple of hours before they were scheduled to be launched. The raid would have been over. Crew: During the scene when Rafe and Evelyn are on the lift of the Queen Mary, when the lift crashes to the water, a crew member in a black hooded shirt can be seen on the smaller boat trying to get out of the shot and eventually hiding by ducking under the windscreen. GEOG: After the Doolittle raid, the Raiders head west to China. In one shot, however, the Raiders are shown heading away from the sun as it sets behind them, which means they are heading east and therefore back to Japan. This would be very unlikely considering the dire fuel situation on board the aircraft. Fact errors: During the presentation of medals to the Navy nurses, of which Evelyn is one, the sleeve stripes of their uniforms denote the rank of Ensign, whereas Evelyn was referred to as Lieutenant. In the U.S. Navy, Lieutenants are the equivalent of Army Captains, and Lieutenant J.G. is the equivalent of Army First Lieutenants. In either case, there should be two sleeve stripes on a Navy Lieutenant's uniform: two of the same width for a Lieutenant, and the top stripe thinner for a Lieutenant J.G. Fact errors: At the end, during the retrospective voice-over, Dorie Miller is presented with a Navy Cross by what is portrayed as a Commander, with three stripes on the shoulder-board. Dorie Miller received his Navy Cross from Fleet Admiral (then Admiral) Chester W. Nimitz, whose shoulder board at that time would show four stars and an anchor. Revealing mistakes: When the photographer that is recording the attack with a small handheld video camera (specifically the Bell & Howell Filmo) is shot by the attacking aircraft, you see him being filmed by his own camera after he has been killed. In reality, the Filmo only records when a button on the camera is being held down, if it has been released the filming will stop instantly. There is no way the camera would continue to film him while lying untouched near his body. Fact errors: In the scene where President Roosevelt is expressing his dismay with the Americans not doing more to aid the Aliies in Europe he mentions that the US needs to send more tanks to Britain and Russia, to provide aid. At this point in time, early 1941, Russia was still an ally of Nazi Germany. They didn't start fighting on the side of the Allies until after the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and were not considered part of the Allies until January 1942. Fact errors: Rafe tells Evelyn he was shot down off the coast of France when he returns from serving the British Royal Air Force (RAF). During WWII the RAF predominately flew defensive missions off the coast of England, especially when responding to incoming air strike sirens like Rafe's unit was shown doing. Rafe would have been picked up by an English vessel, not a French one. Fact errors: The Nakajima B5N "Kate" bombers armed with torpedoes were the first in the actual attack and only flew perpendicular to the ships they were attacking. They would never have flown between ships as shown multiple times in the film. Continuity: Towards the end of the movie, when Rafe is running over to Danny's plane after he crashed, you see him shoot a Japanese soldier, and the slide on his gun goes back signaling that the gun is empty. In the next few shots, you can see that it's forward again. Fact errors: During the attack, Japanese planes bomb the hospital grounds and then proceed to strafe. The Japanese did not attack the hospital, which would have been a waste of scarce resources. Any damage to the hospitals and civilian buildings was caused by American anti-aircraft shells falling on them. Continuity: Rafe shoots and kills the Japanese soldiers taking Danny away, before a fourth soldier aims his rifle at Rafe. Rafe discovers his pistol is empty and the Japanese soldier who had been aiming his rifle at Rafe and only has to pull the trigger, then turns and aims again. Continuity: When Evelyn and Rafe are on the date at the Queen Mary, Rafe pulls a lever and the lift begins to ascend, however the ropes and pulleys do not move at all. The same goes for when the lifts comes crashing down. At the last second though when they hit the water the camera is zoomed in and you see the pulleys turning and the lever spinning rapidly. Continuity: (At 1:05:50) Evelyn and Danny are talking about the night before. He tells her everything will be alright then they hug. Her head is on his right shoulder the next shot its on his left shoulder. FAIR: Early in the film it is revealed that Rafe cannot read the letters off the chart for the vision test and then later on he writes letters to Evelyn while in England. He seems to be demonstrating symptoms of a Dyslexia. Fact errors: When the first B-25 is taking off the carrier, halfway down the flight deck Alec Baldwin (Doolittle) shouts "max power." In reality, each B-25 was revved to full power before the brakes were released for take off. Anything less than full power, and the planes would have crashed into the ocean. Fact errors: During the raid on Pearl Harbor, a US Navy destroyer escort with the hull number 1041 is seen in a couple of the attack sequences. However, this ship was not commissioned until the early 1960s, and there were no US warships with hull numbers in the 1000s back in 1941. Fact errors: During the attack 'Sgt. Earl' uses a SCR-536 'handie-talkie' to communicate with Rafe and Danny's planes. This portable radio was primarily meant for short-range tactical use among ground troops and not as a ground-to-air radio and would not have likely been issued to Air Corps units. Under absolutely ideal conditions the radio had a maximum range of 3 miles, meaning that it would have been out of range of the P-40s in the film most of the time. DATE: When Danny is called on the carpet by Doolittle for buzzing the field, he refers to Doolittle's trophies on a cabinet to his left. One of the trophies is of an F-86 Sabre, a swept wing jet not even on anyone's drawing board in 1940. Revealing mistakes: When the Japanese commanders turn the calendar page, it has the word "Sunday" on it. Why would a Japanese-made calendar have the English word on the page, particularly decades before they were ever allies with the West? Revealing mistakes: When the guy sent to bomb the Arizona is looking through to aim the bomb, you can see next to the fake Arizona, the real one in the water. Continuity: When the Japanese planes are flying into Hawaii, it shows them fly past some kids playing baseball. They stop playing and move to the backstop fence to watch the planes and the catcher takes off his mask and has it down at his side. In the next scene he has the mask still on his head and is supporting it with his right hand. Continuity: When Refe's plane crashes it is during the day. Later on in the movie, when it flashes back at the plane crash, it is at night. There wasn't enough time for it to get that dark. Revealing mistakes: (At 1:34:00) When the car explodes outside the hospital, the car clearly has an empty engine compartment. Fact errors: The RAF Squadron Leader calls Rafe "Pilot Officer", an RAF rank equivalent to a US Army Second Lieutentant. As his silver bars indicate he is a First Lieutenant, he would have held the rank of "Flying Officer" in the Eagle Squadron. Revealing mistakes: When the photographer that is recording the attack with a small handheld video camera (specifically the Bell & Howell Filmo) is shot by the attacking aircraft, you see him being filmed by his own camera after he has been killed. In reality, the Filmo only records when a button on the camera is being held down, if it has been released the filming will stop instantly. There is no way the camera would continue to film him while lying untouched near his body. Revealing mistakes: During the bombing of Tokyo, one section 'sky' had not been keyed in from Rafe's cockpit window, clearly showing the green screen that it had been filmed in front of. Crew: While Dorie Miller is running down a corridor during the attack, the camera following him revels a crew member holding a device standing slightly off screen. FAIR: A newsreel refers to the bombing of "downtown London". While there is in fact a "central" London, this area has never been referred to as "downtown". However, Edward R. Murrow, whose reporting is being simulated in the scene, did use that common American term. DATE: In the scene when Admiral Kimmel complains about transferring twelve destroyers to the Atlantic, the distinctive "mack" of a decommissioned Knox class frigate is clearly visible in the background. Another is visible in the background of the fight scene. The first ship of this class was not commissioned until 1975, and it was the only class of ship in the US Navy with this type of mack (combined mast and stack). Continuity: Danny and Rafe are promoted to captain when selected by Doolittle for the Tokyo mission. They continue to wear lieutenant's bars on their jackets afterward. Danny wears captain's bars on his cap, but lieutenant's bars on his jacket. The captain's bars on his cap look like they are gold colored, and should be silver. Fact errors: References are made to being "thrown in the brig". Brig is a term used only by the Navy and Marines. Danny and Rafe are Army pilots, so the phrase should have been "thrown in the stockade". Fact errors: Gooz doesn't bash the firing pin down on the Type 97 grenade before throwing it. Furthermore, the grenade was known to be weak and certainly wouldn't have had enough blast to send bodies flying. Fact errors: President Roosevelt's declaration of war message contained no specific reference to the number of casualties (over 3000 is mentioned in the film). Such information was considered too sensitive and demoralizing to mention, and the numbers were still only estimates on December 8. Revealing mistakes: When the third bomber takes off from the aircraft carrier, it was filmed on a real carrier, and the jet catapult is briefly but clearly visible on the deck. |
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Admiral Yamamoto: I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant. Danny: I think World War II just started. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer. Evelyn: Do you ever wonder if this war's going to catch up with us? Rafe: Not anxious to die sir, just anxious to matter. Admiral Yamamoto: A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war. Rafe: Returning from the dead wasn't all that I expected... but that's life. Danny: You're a rotten drunk... always have been. Rafe: Well, you're a lousy friend... that's a new development. Admiral Kimmel: [reading signal] "U.S. Navy believes attack on Pearl Harbor imminent." Well... they're only an hour late. President Franklin D. Roosevelt: I like sub commanders. They have no time for bullshit, and neither do I. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: You know what top secret is?" Rafe: Yes, sir. It's the kind of mission where you get medals, but they send 'em to your relatives. Evelyn: Rafe I'm pregnant... I didn't even know until the day you turned up alive... and then all this happened... I haven't told Danny... I don't want him to know. All he needs to think about is how to do this mission and get back alive. Oh Rafe, all I ever wanted was for us to have a home and grow old together, but life never asked me what I wanted. Now I'm going to give Danny my whole heart... but I don't think I'll ever look at another sunset without thinking of you... I'll love you my whole life. Rafe: You are so beautiful it hurts. Evelyn: It's your nose that hurts. Rafe: I think it's my heart. Rafe: Danny, you can't die. You can't die. You know why? 'Cause you're gonna be a father. You're gonna be a daddy. I wasn't supposed to tell you. You're gonna be a father. Danny: No, you are. Rafe: Dolittle assigned me. He wanted me to get some... some real combat training. Danny: Well guess what? It isn't training over there, it's war. Where losers die and there aren't any winners, just guys who turn into broken-down wrecks like my father. Now if trouble awaits me, I'm ready. But why go looking for it? President Franklin D. Roosevelt: Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy. The United States Of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by Naval and Air Forces of the Empire of Japan. It is obvious that planning the attack began many weeks ago, during the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American military forces, I regret to tell you that over three thousand American lives have been lost. No matter how long it may take us to over come this pre-meditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. Because of this unprovoked, dastardly attack by Japan, I ask that the congress declare a state of War. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Where'd you find religion? Doolittle Co-Pilot: When you assigned me to this mission, Sir. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: I want you to do me a favor. Doolittle Co-Pilot: What's that, Colonel? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Pray for both of us. General: Mr. President, with all due respect, sir... what you're asking can't be done. [President struggles and gets out of wheelchair] President Franklin D. Roosevelt: [serious tone] Do not tell me it can't be done. Evelyn: You died Rafe. So did I. Gooz: I got a girlfriend. Billy: ...That's great. Rafe: She loves me. Earl: Hey, you know you're not supposed to be painting titties on the side of my airplanes, and if you do, don't make 'em lop-sided. Gooz: They we're lop-sided, Earl. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: That's bull-shit MacCawley... but it's very, very good bull-shit. Billy: Man, I am one good-lookin' son-of-a-bitch... Don't you ever die. Commander Tubbs: Some people frown on the Yanks for not being in this war. I'd just like to say that if there are any more back home like you, God help anyone who goes to war with America. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Victory belongs to those who believe in it the most and believe in it the longest. We're gonna believe. We're gonna make America believe too. Major Jackson: Most officers would have thrown you in the brig. Evelyn: Most nurses would've gone on to somebody else instead of keeping their fingers plugged in your artery. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: You know at Pearl they hit us with a sledgehammer. This raid, even if it makes it through, it'll only be a pinprick... but it'll be straight through their hearts. Gooz: Well how're you gonna know they're submerged if they're submerged? Danny: Y'all pilots? Gooz: Uh, we're working on it. There's a lot of switches and stuff. Pride of the Pacific. Earl: Who are you? Danny: Terrors of the Skies. Young Rafe: Land of the free. Young Danny: Home of the brave. Cole Walker: I fought the Germans in France, and I fought 'em in the trenches. And I pray to God that nobody has to see what I saw. Evelyn: Oh, but it's such a long story. Nurse Martha: We've got time. Nurse Martha: This is Ward Three, and as you can see, no patients. Welcome to Hawaii. Gooz: Oh, that ain't no Navy issued uniform, there. Captain Connor: You ever lose a fight, Miller? Dorie Miller: I've been lucky, so far, Captain. Captain Connor: From what I hear it ain't luck. The ship's proud of you, son. Danny: How can I not feel this way? I kinda' like it. Evelyn: Oh, you do. Rafe: J, L, M, K, P, O, E, T, X. Eyes like an eagle, ma'am. Evelyn: Slow down, flyboy. And instead of the bottom, read the very top. Both eyes. Rafe: Yeah. C. Sorry, J. [Clears throat] C, W, uh, Q, uh, Q Evelyn: [Smiles] Read the bottom line again, please, but read it right to left and every other letter. Rafe: E, X... Danny: X, E. Rafe: X, E. X, E, ma'am. Ma'am, I know how this looks. Evelyn: I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I really am, but army and navy requires 20/20 vision. Rafe: Oh, I... It's not a problem with my eyes. I mean, I can see. I mean I can hit a runnin' rabbit with a $3.00 pistol. I got a problem with letters, that's all. Evelyn: Well, maybe after some schooling, you could come back and take the test again. Rafe: No, I had schooling. I mean, the teachers just never knew what to make of it, I... It's just letters. I mix 'em up sometimes. That's all. I mean, I just get 'em backword sometimes. Look here. My math and spatial reasoning and my verbal scores are all excellent. Evelyn: But you barely passed the written exam. Danny: Yeah, but he did pass it. So it's my turn now? Evelyn: No, you'll wait your turn. Danny: Yes, ma'am. Rafe: Ma'am, I'm never gonna be an English teacher. But I know why I'm here: to be a pilot. And you don't dogfight with manuals. You don't fly with gauges. I mean, it's all about feeling and speed, and lettin' that plane become like a part of your body. And that manual says that a guy who's a slow reader can't be a good pilot. That file says I'm the best pilot in this room. Ma'am, please, don't take my wings. Lt. Red Winkle: Can a guy purpose? Rafe: Alright Danny we gonna show 'em how to fly. We gonna play chicken. You ready? Danny: This ain't the farm and these ain't no crop dusters, I'm not playin chicken with ya. Rafe: Ah, come on, now don't be a baby. Danny: Not doin it Rafe. Rafe: Well, I'm comin right at ya, you can turn or you can hit me. It's up to you. Danny: Aah, why you always bustin my ass Rafe? Danny: [sighs] Danny: Which way ya goin? Rafe: Uh, right, no left. Left. I'll go left. Danny: Okay, we're goin left right? Rafe: Right, right? Danny: Right, like we're goin left, or right like we're goin right? Rafe: Well, now you got me all mixed up, I dunno make up your mind! Danny: God, Rafe, we're goin right. Righty-Tighty! Gooz: Be careful with the lady folk... they cloud the mind. Danny: Thanks Gooz. Evelyn: If I had one more night to live... I'd wanna spend it with you. Evelyn: Every night I watch the sunset and soak up every last ray of its warmth, and send it from my heart to yours. Danny: You know, the only thing that scares me is that you might love him more than you love me. Evelyn: I love YOU, Danny. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Boys, there's a phrase I want you to memorize, "Wo si yi ge mae guo ren.", it means "I am an American." in Chinese. [while Evelyn is fixing up a cut on Doris Miller's head] Evelyn: [referring to the cut] Where'd you get this? Dorie Miller: Boxin'. Evelyn: You win? Dorie Miller: Yes, Ma'am. Evelyn: And what do you get for winning? Dorie Miller: Respect. Danny: Why the hell is the US Navy practicing this early on a Sunday morning? President Franklin D. Roosevelt: How long is America going to pretend, that the world is not at war? From Berlin, Rome and Tokyo, were have been described as a nation of weaklings and playboys who hire British or Russian, or Chinese soldiers, to do our fighting for us. We've been trained to think we're invincible, and our people think Hitler and his Nazi thugs are Europe's problem. We have to do more. Does anyone think that victory is possible without facing danger? At times like these we all need to be reminded who we truely are. That we will not give up or give in. Evelyn: You're acting like I didn't love you. Rafe: Evelyn, loving you kept me alive. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: I heard what you did. Rafe: We can explain that, sir. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Explain what? Danny: Whatever it is you heard about us, sir. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: You mean the hoola shirts you were flying in... or the seven planes you shot down. Rafe: Hold on a second, Miss, I really, really lick you. [covers mouth] Like you. I didn't mean to say that, and I just wanted to know if I could donate dinner, well, buy you dinner. Evelyn: This isn't your chart. Rafe: No that's this guy right here I think he left. Evelyn: Have you already had this shot? Rafe: Yea well once already yea. Well, I mean can I ask you out? Evelyn: No. Rafe: Uh... [Bangs his nose into the tray of supplies] Oh. Nurse: Oo. What'd you do to him? [Later after Col Doolittle explains the mission] Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: And I will tell you one thing... leave your goddamn hula shirts at home. Rafe: I've got some genuine French champagne. From France. Admiral Kimmel: The smart enemy attacks you exactly where you think you are safe. General: Mr. President, with all due respect, sir... what you're asking can't be done. Nurse Martha: I joined the army to do MY patriotic duty... AND... to meet guys. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Secretary of the Navy gave me these. Danny: What are they? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Friendship medals the Japanese gave us when they were pretending they wanted peace. Rafe: What do you want me to do with them sir? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: We're gonna wire them to the bombs and give them back. Gooz: Red, do you think they are making us do this because we are young and dumb? Rafe: I almost did die, you little son-of-a-bitch. And her face was the last thing that went through my mind. Rafe: I should've died over there. When I was in that water, I made a deal with God. I told him I was sorry, I told him I knew I'd been a fool for leavin you and tryin to go over there and be a hero, and I promised I'd never ask for anything again, if I could just see you one more time... And ya know what? It was worth it. You kept me alive Evelyn, you brought me home. So I'm gonna stand by my end of the deal, I'm gonna walk away and I won't ask you for anything... but I just want to know why... Just tell me that will you please? Just tell me why. Danny: To Rafe McCawely the best pilot and the best friend I ever knew... Or ever will know. TO RAFE . Rafe: Earl, I said get some guns in that goddamn tower Earl: Right, guns in the tower, ten stories high. It's a long son-of-a-bitch Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: So, sir, you would have us mobilize the entire fleet, at the cost of millions of dollars, based on this 'spine-tingling' feeling of yours? Captain Thurman: No, sir. I understand my job is to gather and interpret material. Making difficult decisions based on incomplete information from my limited decoding ability is your job, sir. Admiral Yamamoto: The rise and fall of our empire is at stake. Red: C'mon Gooz, we're the tip of the sword. Rafe: Ma'am, I'm never gonna be an English teacher, but I know why I'm here, to be a pilot, and you don't dogfight with manuals, you don't fly with gauges, I mean it's all about feeling and speed and lettin' that plane become like it's apart of your body, and that manual says that a guy who's a slow reader can't be a good pilot... that file says I'm the *best* pilot in this room... Ma'am, please... Don't take my wings Danny: You know he taught me to fly, I always knew that not matter what kind of trouble I got into, I wouldn't be in it alone, he'd be there with me. Up there he was always pushin me to be better and faster. Evelyn: He told me you were a great flyer... The same night he told me, he volunteered to go to England. Danny: He volunteered? He-he told me he'd been assigned. He was always tryin to protect me. But ya know what I look at myself in the mirror in this uniform... and I still don't know who I am, I look like a hero... but I don't feel like it. [sighs] Rafe... he always looked the part didn't he? Evelyn: He couldn't wait to be one Rafe: That's what I want to come home to, that's what I want to have to think about and dream about. I wanna know that the best part of my life is still ahead of me. Danny: [exiting from theater] Evelyn! Evelyn: Danny! Some comedy, huh? Danny: Yeah. Evelyn: It's been a while. Danny: Yeah, I've been busy training and stuff. Evelyn: Yeah, I've kinda been avoiding you too. Danny, Evelyn: Listen, do you... Danny: Do you want to? Evelyn: Yeah. Evelyn: [voiceover] When the action is over and we look back, we understand both more and less. This much is certain. Before the Doolittle raid, America knew nothing but defeat. After it, there was hope of victory. Japan realized, for the first time, they could lose and began to pull back. America realized, that she would win and surged forward. It was a war, that changed America and the world. Dorie Miller was the first black American to be awarded the Navy Cross. But he would not be the last. He joined a brotherhood of heroes. World War II, for us, began at Pearl Harbor, and 1.177 men still lie entombed in the battleship Arizona. America suffered, but America grew stronger. It was not inevitable. The times tried our souls, and through the trial, we overcame. Rafe: Danny get me to a goddamn plane! Nurse Betty Bayer: You know what they're doing back home? Nothing. Cow-tipping. Rafe: [in a letter to Evelyn] It's not easy making friends here. Two days ago I had a beer with a couple of the RAF pilots. Yesterday both of them got killed. Evelyn: Are you gonna be a bad influence? Rafe: Of course I'm a bad influence. A pilot: What if we have to bail out over Japan? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: Well, in that situation, I can't tell you what to do. Rafe: What would you do, colonel? Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: I wasn't built to be a prisoner... so I would have my crew bail out. I'd find the sweetest military target I could and drive my plane right smack into the middle of it and kill as many of those bastards as I possibly could. |
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