At about 30 minutes Basilone puts a machine gun on an improvised mount and repels the Japanese assault with an extended burst of fire. Moments later he picks up his still-smoking gun by the barrel jacket with his bare hand without being burned.
The hot machine guns burning their operators had been featured just minutes before.
The hot machine guns burning their operators had been featured just minutes before.
Around the 5:24 marker a soldier is shown with blood on his face, in the next shot a lot of the blood suddenly disappeared and one shot later it reappears.
There is a cry of "Medic!". Since this is the Marines, it should be a cry of "Corpsman!". Medics are in the Army and Air Force. Corpsmen are in the Navy and the Marines.
The Major General awarding Basilone the Medal of Honor has the stars on his epaulets displayed wrong. The first star was displayed far out on the sewed-down position of the epaulet. The two-star rank is always displayed in on the lapel in a "centered position" between the sewed-down portion and the fastening button near the collar.
The Major General awarding Basilone the Medal of Honor had his stars on the epaulets displayed wrong. The first star was displayed far out on the sewed-down position of the epaulet. This is always wrong. The two star rank is always displayed out on the lapel in a "centered position" between the sewed-down portion and the fastening button near the collar.
The .30 caliber machine gun ammo in the belts carried by the actors have obviously empty primer pockets, showing they are dummy rounds.