"Wing And A Prayer" (1944) - Complete WW2 Naval Warfare Movie

[@Afro3461]

80 year old Brit here, and forever grateful and proud of my parents generation for their generosity and the sacrifices they made in order for my generation to still be around to remember and be able to say…. Thank you!

[@bob_btw6751]

74 here. Was Navy A/C mech. Parts of the movie made me cry. I am old and tired but not ready to give up yet. Never give up until your last breath.

[@Hawthorn-nz]

Did you work on any Brewster aircraft like the F2A2?

[@jerryrichards8172]

Hell yes ❤

[@j.edward4379]

Love seeing that old aircraft. I hate thinking about how many of those F6F were scraped right after the war. FOR THERE SCRAP VALUE. Now there are hardly any flying. Kids seeing those planes now days might start them asking about WW2.

[@subuatul]

war is not good. no country achieved greatness by winning a war

[@WalterKazban]

AGREE....GOD BLESS YOU...

[@myfavoritemartian1]

73 here. I grew up around these guys. I once worked with a guy for 8 years before I found out he was Navy, WW2 and had three Bronze Stars. It seems he had a habit of going down into burning ships and bringing men out. Another was a Submariner. Two more were Marines. It was easy to tell, they were missing a few parts. The Greatest Generation. Never Forget!

[@MOE435]

👍 GD bless them all!!

[@HarryShagnasty-sc9zd]

Why wouldn't your god bless the 5500 children younger than 5 that die every day in Africa instead?

[@myfavoritemartian1]

@@HarryShagnasty-sc9zd I don't know. You will have to ask her when you see her.

[@LyleClark-q9v]

Really ... look into your ♥. There is your answer.

[@karenhill3970]

​@@HarryShagnasty-sc9zdHe IS GOD ...and He is is All our GOD. ..just keep praying for them ..some the bags we are not meant to know🎚️🇺🇸

[@Roger-g6j]

I'm 80 and was born in '43, a year before this movie was made. Nice to go back to a time when the country was so rich in patriotism and bravery, one for all & all for one! Not sure what the guys back then would make of the world today. Anyway, it's nice to know where America comes from and the people who made it truly great like a city of light shining on a high hill to all of mankind! That America is my America, the one I fought for like my father before me!

[@Charles-n8p]

You forgot one. Patriotism Bravery and Racism. The America who did not want Black people wearing that uniform. At time when Blacks couldn't eat at a lunch counter. Or attend the same school. That America ?

[@alteredbeast1974]

They would be shocked and disgusted, most of all disappointed

[@petejohnston5375]

You are not alone Roger, God Bless

[@patrickhenigin4805]

We are talking real patriotism here. Not like those that wave flags and seek to end our democracy.

[@bobmiller7502]

i don't thing it was ever really like this Rodger?, a bit to cornballish but i know the essence of your romantic days gone bye, train of thought,maybe baby,lol x

[@ConvairDart106]

For those interested, this was filmed aboard CV 10 USS Yorktown, renamed for her predecessor CV 5, lost at the battle of Midway. The second of 24 Essex class Carriers of the US Navy. The carrier served as a recovery ship for the December, 1968, Apollo 8 space mission, the first crewed ship to reach and orbit the Moon, and was used in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, which recreated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and in the 1984 science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment. Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1975 became a museum ship at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where she was designated a National Historic Landmark.

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

Thanks for your interesting post, it adds to the film.

[@cass4114]

thank you reading a book about cv-10 jocko co

[@deabajo]

The aircraft sequences are briliant...

[@spaceskipster4412]

Thank you for your interesting comment and your historical insight. 👌🏼🇬🇧😊

[@jerryrichards8172]

Fantastic thank you. I have the essex 1/700 kit in my model stash.

[@edbecka233]

71 YO Army vet here. Thank you LionHeart for presenting these movies. I had lots of uncles from both sides of the family active in WWII, plus several of my late Dad's drinking buddies. Sadly, they are all gone and like a dumbass I did not sit with them and draw out their stories when they were still around.

[@Yrkiesmom]

Thank you for your service and sacrifice Sir. God bless you

[@kennethboydsr3966]

I’m 72 my dad he was a Navy guy on the aircraft carrier World War II right been wounded. He was right out there in the thick of things. He died 58 years old lung cancer smoking them palmels I really miss him. He lied about his age when he went in the Navy I think he was 16 who was a hell of a man thanks for this movie.❤😊

[@maria36900]

Interesting to read that your father was a part of WW2. God bless him and others, they were people of a hard time! With respect from Iran 👋💐

[@carmenfoote7999]

Great watching these old black and white movies, especially with actual ships and footage. I'm 75 and still remember seeing this before and other movies from this period in our history. Thanks for posting. Joe S

[@jerryrichards8172]

The best thing about these old movies are the fact its all real aircraft ships and gear❤

[@josephpadula2283]

Yes RI , real intelligence not, AI !

[@keithad6485]

Worth watching for this reason alone! And the reason I decided to watch this, plus seeing Ameche when he was young. I only know him from Trading Places and Coming to America, and possibly Cocoon.

[@jerryrichards8172]

@@keithad6485 I use much of it for detail in my static model building.

[@David-q7w9m]

Amen

[@PandPNews]

I just wish the stories were a little more accurate. The navy was fighting back long before Midway.

[@petejohnston5375]

I worked in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard from '81 through '94. A Marine Pipefitter and very proud to have been surrounded by thousands of fellow tradesmen and women. We took our jobs seriously because we were sending our sailors into harms way. My father served in the Pacific Theatre in WW2 (love you Dad and Mom, the two of you are my true heroes). Love the movie, thanks!

[@greglundberg9911]

My dad flew TBFs. He missed Midway but was at Leyte. He never talked about it. He led me to join the Navy..best decision of my life.

[@johnwhodat8135]

Thanks for your service. I'm an army vet 83-89. We have 3 navy boys in our family: two navy aviators and a corpsman. Only one active currently, youngest one 25 yro f18 pilot.

[@MOE435]

Thanks for your service! GD bless.

[@jeannemoraga302]

@@johnwhodat8135

[@MichaelFreese-w1b]

I'm pretty sure my dad's ship, the escort carrier U.S.S. Sangamon, was in the Leyte Gulf too during WWII.

[@charlesfoster141]

Enjoyed this movie very much. Great cast. I am 70 now and grew up watching many of these actors. The movie "Midway" will tell you the end to this battle. A terrific victory for the USA!!

[@amctothemoon9417]

You know your OLD when these guys start LOOKING YOUNG

[@stevenhall9349]

As long as the films last they forever will be

[@davidforsythe3037]

Yessir

[@davidbigbee3556]

@@amctothemoon9417 I agree!

[@beyondmiddleagedman7240]

Morgan was 29 when this was filmed. Ameche was an old man here at 36

[@davidbigbee3556]

@@beyondmiddleagedman7240 wasn’t he in “Trading Places with Eddie Murphy?

[@christophercoupe5006]

I never tire of watching the greatest generation in action!!!

[@jerryrichards8172]

Im 62 wtch and collect all of these old ww2 movies i can find. Its amazing i have never seen this one. Thanks for posting ❤

[@revvyhevvy]

A retired Navy Commander that also has a YT channel has said that this movie gives a very accurate picture of life aboard a carrier at sea! And, I loved look on Harry Morgan's face when he was restored to flight status! Thanks, LH & FW for posting!

[@stevenhj3124]

This incredible film was made in 1944 during the middle of World War II, Also the year I was born, 1944. I think this is one of the most well produced movie of World War II ever made. I was PN3, Ship's Office, USS FOX(DLG-33) in Vietnam 1967. I'll say what we said in the Navy: Well done sailor. ☮

[@jerryrichards8172]

Yes probably one of best produced ww2 movie from from during the war. It's such a breath of fresh air watching a Hollywood movie promoting are wonderful nation. Instead of all the anti America they make today.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Wish they could of took some TBY footage.

[@nevermore300]

Hmmm......not sure 1944 was the middle of the war ! when it finished in august 1945, but actually began in in september 1939....don't forget that the rest of the world was fighting for over 2 years before America joined.

[@MichaelFreese-w1b]

It was a great movie & it showed me what my dad went through on an escort carrier (U.S.S. Sangamon) in WWII.

[@AW1Lucky]

I knew a WW-II TBD/F pilot who, for whatever reason,, missed that battle. Name was Ruben. Back in the late '70's in a well known Sailor bar in Imperial Beach California he used to tease me with this little exchange we would holler across the bar: " Hey Jeff, are you still flying in Navy Helicopters?" "Yes sir Ruben, I'm still flying in Navy Helicopters." "Are they giving you flight pay for doing that?" "Yes sir, I get flight pay." "Well you don't deserve flight pay for flying in helicopters." "Why not Ruben?" "Because y'all don't fly high enough altitude to rate flight pay!" That little exchange would always get a couple of chuckles, or a roar of laughter, depending on the crowd. I do miss him, cowboy hat and boots, great smile and sense of humour. They really were the greatest generation.

[@WalterForbes-g9b]

You can say that again and again there were the best there was the best there will ever be.

[@DanaLawrence-tf6sj]

Hey Jeff are you still flying them navy helicopters ?...

[@markrobinson4230]

Yup many hours watching these moral boosting patriotic movies and love watching them now

[@martinbrode7131]

Moral in the USA😂

[@MrArtist1971]

@@martinbrode7131Land of deviance now.

[@lowrider5717]

Loved these war movies as a kid !

[@RussellBauwens]

Great, old movie! I've seen it a multitude of times and can probably see it many, many more times without ever tiring of it and the message it offers. I've read a lot of books and seen a lot of movies on WWII and this is probably one of my favorite movies of the time, I can also say that I knew a lot of people that actually fought during the War and I've always held them all in high esteem for their sacrifices, no matter what some of them became in their later years .. they were heroes during those dark days. Thanks for letting us see this movie again!

[@petercermak1910]

Another great movie. Hard to believe that Don, Harry, and others were so very young. It's hard to recognize them at such a young age. Sad that they are all now gone. May they rest in peace. Thanks for the memories!

[@Kenneth-p9r]

71 and still ❤ old war movies .

[@england902]

Good man. Just like my dad did. He would have beeen 101 this year

[@samlucas4260]

I GREW up on these movies.

[@harold1098]

76 and still watching these old WW2 movies.

[@csulb75]

@@harold1098 Me too, 77 in October. However, this movie is just a bit more historically accurate as a Superman comic.

[@railroad9000]

82 and the same!

[@ronv6637]

My friend Mikel Nikeal did convoy escort duty Brooklyn to Murmansk. He was almost killed at Anzio when Germans hit his ship. He lived well until passing at 93. Thanks Friend

[@ScoutsOut83]

Love watching these old movies I watched as a kid in the 1960-70s before cable TV. Good times gone by.

[@lmb5826]

72 here. Great movie. My uncle was in the navy during the war. Commander of a supply ship. He delivered the goods. My father was in the army fighting in the Pacific.

[@thepeskytraveller3870]

Thanks very much for the upload. My family fought in the Pacific. One of the most brutal campaigns in WWII.

[@USSBB62]

Went to school with Mitchel Pages's son and met him lots of times. He was second "Medal of Honor" winner on Guadalcanal. Never mentioned it or spoke about it. Truly the Greatest Generation. I was a Battleship Gunner's mate in Viet Nam.

[@normankimball9308]

I'm 75 and I must say when I first watch this movie I was quite young! Now I Realize that this is not the way the Midway Battle really was but it seemd like a good movie at the time.

[@4Tugboats]

72 years old here, and as A Student Nurse,,I took care of America's last living WW 1 Flying ace. What an honor. I have forgotten his name, but his stories are part of my life, and I will never forget them. He was shot down by the Red Baron twice and lived to tell about it.

[@BryanPAllen]

Was it Arthur Raymond Brooks ?

[@wilsonfu1258]

We should have never forgotten these heroes who sacrificed their lives for our nation, people and freedom! I have enjoyed all movies related to WW2 again, again and again! I am so much found of these actors and actresses, they were wonderful and excellent people of our great nation!

[@glorybound7599]

With the complete lack of anything worth watching today on tv 📺 or at the movies 🎥 I’ll watch this again for the third time because they will never make good movies again.

[@TheSports50]

16, 17 year olds lying about there age so they could fight in the war. Can help to admire them. The Yorktown was amazing , the Japanese thought she was sunk but her dedicated crew was able to keep her floating .

[@donf3877]

She was not sunk during the battle of the Coral Sea, but she was indeed sunk. The original Yorktown CV-5, was sunk at the battle of Midway. The Yorktown CV-10 was named in her honor.

[@peteswanson-j4i]

the USS lexington was reported sunk 4 times... one time it really was (scuttled by us ship) but the usa built another one and it confused the japanese, i was on that 2nd one when i was in the navy , its now a museum in tx.

[@banzi403]

"Too young the hero" (1988) a made for tv movie that can be found on youtube. The true story of the youngest person to serve in the us military in ww2. Worth watching.

[@charlessomerset9754]

One of the best I've ever seen. The editing was amazing. I was more amazed at how hard as nails Don Ameche came off, so used to seeing him as a lighthearted older guy.

[@michaelmartinez1345]

This was one of the better movies of the early stages of WW2 in the Pacific... Those old ships,planes, big bands music, PURE GOLD!!! The Terrible orders to not fight at first, but run away , as a plan to dupe the enemy into thinking we had more ships in the Soloman Islands... Then be given authority to fight back... That was awesome to see our guys so enthusiastic to be able to fight back... And of course the human element, to see your buddies getting hurt or killed... That's When tears come to the eyes when viewing, movies like these, I'd say that it has a powerful message... A message that should NEVER be forgotten as to what it took to preserve Freedom...

[@SirAceMcFly]

Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X (also known as Queen of the Flat Tops and Torpedo Squadron Eight) is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American aircraft carrier in the desperate early days of World War II in the Pacific theater, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Don Ameche, Dana Andrews and William Eythe. ] Although arguably a classic propaganda movie, it was appreciated for its realistic portrayal and was nominated for the 1944 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

[@j.edward4379]

Great Film! I know it's war but I like watching a film where our whole country is working together instead of like now.

[@williamwiese9963]

This takes me back, grandpa and i use to watch all the old war movies. He was aboard the USS Birmingham in the battle of Leyte Gulf. o 7

[@pauljohansen8043]

The USS South Dakota was, for a time, known as “Battleship X” because the Japanese thought they had sunk her. There is a museum in Sioux Falls SD.

[@carolynkeiser7082]

So good to see this historic film. Made in 1944, I was born in 1945 November 5th - the end of WW2.

[@scottystiffchicken]

My mother in law was born on December 7th 1941 in Hawaii, six weeks premature. She is my greatest patriot.

[@ruthnagarya2028]

I had no idea that Don Amiche was such a good actor...different times, black and white films....just grown to realize that.

[@alexgodrod]

Excellent, I was looking for WW2 movies for a long time, I liked it, thanks for sharing it, one more follower🎉

[@RebeccaNoel-h4h]

My father-in -law was on the USS Relief, the original ship built as a hospital ship. Wonderful pics and article on Wikipedia about it, in the Pacific war the whole time, moving wounded between battles. And any WW2 history buffs like me should go to Fredricksburg, TX and visit the Museum of the Pacific, it’s worth the trip!

[@edbecka233]

And after Fritzburg, go visit the Battleship Texas "Old Hoodoo" outside Galveston and the Lady Lexington "Grey Ghost" in Corpus Christi!

[@chrispacer4231]

One of my first Plastic Model kits I built was 1/48 TBF AVENGER, in 1972 because of this Movie, I enjoyed watching this….. CHRIS 🇺🇸….

[@johnwhodat8135]

Was it the monogram model?

[@chrispacer4231]

@@johnwhodat8135 I hope you get a chance to see this YES, it was… It was the vintage BBB box with the box art… Bought it with birthday money 😀 Thanks for asking !!!!!!!!!! Take care. CHRIS 🇺🇸

[@pablocortes6950]

58 yr old, never seen this movie, WWII buff ..here we go 👍

[@johnfoster535]

....I have my Dads flying helmet and morse code key.... he was an aviation radio man and a combat air gunner. When I opened a box as a boy, I discovered a stack of sailor hats....each one with a different name stenciled on the inside edge. I asked him where they came from.....he said, " Those are my buddies who didn't make it ".

[@dlkline27]

One thing I really like about these old war movies is they fly real airplanes, not computer simulations or models.

[@knowshet313]

What Hollywood considered a grade B movie movie from back then is better than an A-list actor movie now! God bless our greatest generation! God bless America!

[@josephliptak]

How I wish America was like it was in these times. It's so screwed up today.

[@peteswanson-j4i]

but it was GREAT! just 5-6 years ago ! dont give up hope - we can fix this !

[@johnwhodat8135]

Trump 24!

[@russellyoung8295]

You mean you liked it when the Country was segregated -? Or, was it that you were entertained by dropping atomic weapons on people. Or, maybe something else heinous like that-?

[@peteswanson-j4i]

@@russellyoung8295 i liked it when people were educated and knew how to speak properly and behave like civilized people in public.

[@justaguy-69]

@@russellyoung8295 I liked it when the country fought side by side together for freedom regardless of skin color we were all AMERICANS first. I liked it when people kept their person sexual issues to themselves and didnt broadcast it on worldwide media and blame everyone else for their character flaws. I liked it when kids respected their elders instead of killed them or robbed them in the streets. I liked it when we all wanted whats best for our country even tho we may have voted for different candidates once in a while. I liked it when all the news channels had reporters who told what happened in their own words and left it up to us to decide if we liked it or not. I liked it when we had news reporters and not opinion shows that pose as news outlets, and i liked it when people were bright enough to know the difference.

[@kennethduval6769]

Love these old movies. ❤

[@murrismiller2312]

i saw the WING & a PRAYER bumper sticker EVERYWHERE,as a child !!!

[@deanneuburger3869]

Great movie for the heartfelt acting, great engaging involvement of the crew, the historic images and conveying feelings and strategy concepts! Thank you!

[@Blizzmatic777]

77 here,, USAF Vietnam 1969 vet , excellent movie, sometimes I wish I could go back to the war, for about a week or two.

[@dast540]

Thanks for sharing it! I always enjoy watching Great Old Movies though. 👍👌👏 And of course, I'm a subscriber! Thanks Again Though.

[@Angus565]

One of my favorites! Thank you for sharing!!

[@RDPproject]

*Good to see Harry Morgan playing Ens. Malcolm Brainard. You can see how his character of Col. Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H is so believable*

[@timwhitford6855]

Wasn't he Sherman T Potter

[@martinsohlberg3223]

@@timwhitford6855 and Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele.

[@RDPproject]

@@timwhitford6855 Yes Thx mate. Corrected.

[@davidbigbee3556]

Let’s not forget officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet

[@haroldwright4100]

@timwhitford6855 @martinsohlberg3223 @davidbigbee3556 Don’t forget Harry (Henry) Morgan had numerous guest actor appearances on “GUNSMOKE” when the series ran from 1955-1975!!!❤😮😊

[@ScoutsOut83]

My great opa would tell me about his time I in WW1. ( He was blind. Mustard Gas I think ) My opa was basically my dad and he was a Sherman tank track Commander ( like the Movie Fury with Brad Pitt ) . He would tell me about WW2, Korea. He served 20 yrs Army. The greatest generations, and the attitude, drive, perseverance, morals that helped define those periods and people are unfortunately just a memory now. Humanity has lost its moral compass in the later generations.

[@robertwilkins8357]

The guys were unbelievable actors maybe gone now. I was born 3 months before Pearl Harbour and I'm 83 now. Finding this movie is so great!

[@Richard-od7yd]

Ive never seen this movie before in my life !! And im an Old Boatswains Mate because of films like this . Who says there's no such thing as Buried Treasure.

[@kipwilliams1857]

This movie was made one year before I was born. Lots of old stars

[@anombrerose6311]

73, here, also with 6 uncles in service during WWII. GOD BE WITH OUR MILITARY, and draw each of them to Himself and to our Blessed Constitution of these United States of America. Amen.

[@rgarizonahomestead2729]

Great movie

[@User-4-mn3or]

Great old movies! Thanks

[@jackvoss5841]

As a little kid, I could sing the popular song, “Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer”. I didn’t get famous. But notoriety was pretty abundant Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@tazer6766]

Notoriety: fame for doing something bad.

[@jackvoss5841]

@@tazer6766 G’day, Tazer. BINGO! My singing didn’t win any awards. Still doesn’t. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@dbzamora]

Great repair! Always enjoyable to see a successful job!

[@gregmitchell4619]

You know every person making a comment here, is all riding for the same brand. We were able to see and be around these great generation of folks. Where everyone pitched in to achieve a goal. I was lucky enough to be around a lot of them. Men and women. Every day I fight age, and get off my butt and be productive. I think every morning about the great soldiers who gave there all, so I can continue on. I will not let any of them down. When at age 22, I was ejected from a 12,000lb truck and it rolled over on top of me and cut me in two, the docs said I'd never walk again. I ran out of that hospital. And I've been doing my best to make these veterans proud to let me exist.

[@AmiVider]

Amazing story, keep posting great classics

[@johncarter1137]

A lot of the carrier scenes were filmed on the second Yorktown. It can be visited in Charleston, SC, where it is moored as a naval museum.

[@Absaalookemensch]

While the US was island hopping in the Pacific Campaign we were also building-up, attacking and fighting in North Africa, Italy and then Europe.

[@TheSonicfrog]

USN 71-74 DP rating, love the shipboard scenes, my ship the USS Jason Ar8 was launched 1944 and had similar crew quarters, officer quarters, mess deck, etc. Lots of really old fittings on that ship! During '73 oil crisis we took 6 weeks to cross the Pacific San Diego to Sasebo, Japan.

[@notgiven3114]

Looking forward to it.

[@bardo0007]

Amazing they managed to make this movie so realistic during the war before it ended. Very good movie for 1944.

[@jerryrichards8172]

I have a 1/48 TBF on my work bench now. 😊

[@Helm-w1q]

Reading through the cast I found Jay Ward creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[@josephpadula2283]

The planes could not be shot down as they were filled with Upsidaisium!

[@2u4allweknow]

Thank you!

[@ianjohnson4987]

Excellent movie - thank you

[@gladysipanaque]

Thank you for sharing 🌹

[@paulhowes5094]

wow I saw this movie in the 1960s

[@wilmaharvey4216]

President George W. Bush Sr., dropped out of Yale University, and Volunteered at age 18.! He and others were sent to the University of N.C for the book part of Naval Pilot Training. He was Commissioned as a Naval Officer, and Aviator. He was a TBF AVENGER Pilot with a crew of 3 men.! He was the youngest Pilot in the Navy when he was first Commissioned.! He was shot down in combat by the Japanese Imperial Navy twice.! There is a black, and white video of him being picked up by a U.S. Submarine out of a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after several days at sea.! He looks up at the Submarine Crew, and straight into the camera.! He looks like he's about 16 years old.!! The Aircraft landing at the beginning of this movie, the one flown by Dana Andrews, well acting like he was flying, is the TBF AVENGER.!! This was a great Aircraft during the war.! He was shot down once flying low over an Island giving close air support to U.S. MARINES, getting killed, and wounded by Imperial Japanese Troops.!! Like him or not he Volunteered to go, and he put his life on the line to help save others.! He was from a wealthy family, and his father was U.S. Senator Prescott Bush.! He could have stayed away from harm's way, but Volunteered to go.!! That says alot about his character.!! Just saying.!! Look up the video, and interviews with him about it, and read about his service. He is very humble, and doesn't bragg or even acknowledge that he did anything but his duty.!!🥇🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉😉😉🙂

[@70sport37]

Yea that film ROCKET!

[@j.edward4379]

There were so many future WB stars.

[@edvallecorse2966]

Born in ‘36 and remember December 7th like it was yesterday. The War Department and Hollywood did such a job on my head I couldn’t wait to get in. Spent 4 years in the Navy and 6 in the Air Force. When I get behind a Mitsubishi and see the 3 prop logo I think about Bataan. Need I say more?

[@karenhill3970]

Im a woman and younger than some of the comments but grew up at my Grandparents house they ALWAYS talked of "The War," ny sis & i would listen . now with all rhe Day commorating thinking all about what these Men most of gone through 🚜🎚️🇺🇸im so fulled with pride being American 🎚️🇺🇸GOD bless these Men GOD bless America

[@donaldbratcher5695]

I’m 77 my Dad is was Army in ww2 he made 17 initial landings in the pacific. He received 4 bronze stars. He said was a radio man staff Sargent. He wouldn’t talk much about it and he wouldn’t eat rice or mutton. The he army traded all their beef for mutton. He said he was the strongest man I ever knew.

[@Peter-uy3ti]

Really good film and very good acting

[@DennisLanuza]

Thank. You for reloading. Movie. I. Watch. Last. Night

[@RebeccaNoel-h4h]

Love the movies of that greatest Generation, wish we were all still that united!

[@greg4673]

Well it's for damn sure this movie won no academy awards

[@josephpadula2283]

There was one on board already !

[@peteswanson-j4i]

got nominated..

[@RegentDei]

Yes..u r right..there really was an Oscar on board 😮😮😮. ​@josephpadula2283

[@isaacgriffin5690]

Better story and characters then what Hollywood pumps out now.

[@michaelbailey8729]

That was one heck of a naval battle.

[@bradgray4360]

Ha the bloke was talking about hydroponic gardening

[@stevemcdonald1033]

And he was a gardening genius----tomato seeds to tomatoes in two weeks.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Dam that catapulted aircraft from the in bay was cool. I have over 300 books on ww2 and never came across that info ❤

[@paul-andrelarose3389]

What a contrast between the courage of a generation that strongly upheld valor and duty, while the overall moral bankruptcy that is currently prevailing in our modern society that is slowly but surely destroying itself! 2024/08/20. Ontario, Canada.

[@peteswanson-j4i]

I liked it when the country fought side by side together for freedom regardless of skin color we were all AMERICANS first. I liked it when people kept their person sexual issues to themselves and didnt broadcast it on worldwide media and blame everyone else for their character flaws. I liked it when kids respected their elders instead of killed them or robbed them in the streets. I liked it when we all wanted whats best for our country even tho we may have voted for different candidates once in a while. I liked it when all the news channels had reporters who told what happened in their own words and left it up to us to decide if we liked it or not. I liked it when we had news reporters and not opinion shows that pose as news outlets, and i liked it when people were bright enough to know the difference.

[@JazznRealHipHop]

😂 your delusional

[@peteswanson-j4i]

@@JazznRealHipHop youre too young to remember what america was like.

[@JazznRealHipHop]

@@peteswanson-j4i I think it’s well documented that the armed forces were segregated until 1948, executive order 9981. To say we fought side by side regardless of color needs a mighty big asterisk next to it

[@georgeamery]

Why was there an obviously senior British officer at the very start of the movie (as the Americans say) when it was American ?

[@davidbigbee3556]

@@georgeamery It’s Hollywood. I caught the name of Sir Cedric something in the initial credits. Quite possibly an American / British venture? Hard to say back then. Just my two cents worth.

[@wdtaut5650]

It was a thing in the 20s and 30s for actors and upper class Americans to speak with an adapted British accent, Katherine Hepburn for example, who fit both categories. Cedrick Hardwicke, an English actor, played the admiral you reference. Many British actors worked in American films.

[@deerhoda7574]

Dana ❤ read 1941? I'm confused 🤔. Very good movie, well done. Thank you. I know this is at least the 5th time I watched it.

[@burliesanford1863]

At the beginning of the movie, I wonder how an aircraft carrier is going to land aircraft sailing backwards. This is one of my favorite old war movies but that aircraft carrier sure looks like it's sailing backwards. I don't think I'm crazy at 67 years of age.

[@Acme633]

The pilot who dived on the torpedo to save his carrier was actually a well-documented incident where a Japanese pilot dived on a torpedo fired by the US submarine Albacore that was about to make a sure hit on the carrier Taiho. I wonder if the Japanese were aware of this film.

[@chelg]

I thought the TBF force was pretty much wiped out at Midway. Dauntless bombers saved the day

[@stargazer5784]

Their sacrifice was not in vain. RIP

[@wdtaut5650]

VT-8, flying TBDs, lost every plane at Midway, with only one crewman surviving. The other TBD squadrons at Midway suffered very heavy losses. The TBF replaced the TBD after midway.

[@AW1Lucky]

@@wdtaut5650 I knew a WW-II TBD/F pilot who, for whatever reason,, missed that battle. Name was Ruben. Back in the late '70's in a well known Sailor bar in Imperial Beach California he used to tease me with this little exchange we would holler across the bar: " Hey Jeff, are you still flying in Navy Helicopters?" "Yes sir Ruben, I'm still flying in Navy Helicopters." "Are they giving you flight pay for doing that?" "Yes sir, I get flight pay." "Well you don't deserve flight pay for flying in helicopters." "Why not Ruben?" "Because y'all don't fly high enough altitude to rate flight pay!" That little exchange would always get a couple of chuckles, or a roar of laughter, depending on the crowd. I do miss him, cowboy hat and boots, great smile and sense of humour. They really were the greatest generation.

[@Acme633]

There were a few Avengers in the Battle of Midway but they flew off from Midway and not from the carriers.

[@oim7392]

What about TBFs ffrom Midway? Of 6 only 1 returned.