During the depiction of the Midway Island air group's failed attack on the Japanese fleet, the film briefly shows a close-up view of the pilot of the leading Dauntless bomber struggling as he is shot down. This appears to be U.S. Marine Major Lofton R. Henderson, commanding officer of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241). Killed at Midway, his name would become synonymous with the following Guadalcanal Campaign as the namesake of the lynchpin Henderson Field.

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