[MasterGunner01]

“They Were Expendable” (1945) with Robert Montgomery and John Wayne uses real PT boats and was shot in and around Miami, FL. None of original 77-foot Elco boats were gone from serve by the time filming began and so two 80-foot Elco and four 78-foot Huckins PT boats were used as stand-ins. In real life, Robert Montgomery was a Naval Reserve officer qualified in PT boats!

The “They Were Expendable” movie has the usual Hollywood wartime propaganda but it is watchable because of the boats in action. By the end of 1946, most of the boats had been sold off or scrapped.

“Tora, Tora” Tora” (1968) is THE Pearl Harbor att movie that set the bar high for Hollywood docudramas. All these years later it is still a “must see” to understand the run-up to the attack.

[21twelve]

“Tora, Tora” Tora” (1968) is THE Pearl Harbor movie that set the bar high for Hollywood docudramas.

As a kid I went to two movies with my family. The first was “The Sound of Music”. The second was “Tora-Tora-Tora”. I can’t believe it was in 1968! My memory of going there with my mom and dad is still vivid. (Big brother was off to college, and I guess my sisters didn’t want to go!). I’m not so sure mom wanted to go either - but...

[Yorlik803]

Tora Tora Tora was made in the 70s I think.
The movie wasn’t that big here but was a smash in Japan.