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Pacific | Naval Battle
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The studio received permission from the US Navy to join 200 ships and 10,000 men in the Virgin Islands to film a three-day assault on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Some of the footage was included in this movie. The cast and crew boarded in St. Thomas and filmed aboard the USS Randall (renamed the "Belinda" in this movie). The crew shot deck and aerial photography of the Navy's maneuvers. Director Joseph Pevney hired 25 Marines as extras.
Clint Eastwood's (corpsman) voice was dubbed by another actor.
Clark Gable was the first choice for the role of Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks but turned it down.
The name "Belinda" is a fabrication. No ship ever sailed with the hull number of APA-22. The USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50) was designated for reclassification as APA-22 in early 1943, but she was lost in November of 1942 before the change occurred. As the numerical sequence of attack transport hull numbers already had been assigned, the number was not reissued.
Kerama Retto is mentioned as the destination of USS Belinda after she is seriously damaged by a kamikaze. This island, about a dozen miles southwest of Okinawa, was taken by the 77th Infantry Division at the start of the invasion, and was used as a staging area and an emergency anchorage, exactly as shown in this movie.
"Commander Quigley: Get this wardroom cleaned up right away, will you? This is most unappetizing. Mess Attendant: [sole spoken line by an African-American in entire film] Aye, aye, Sir."
"Capt. Jebediah S. Hawks: [after a poor gunnery exercise] Now hear this. This is the Captain speaking. You are to get down on your knees. Down on your knees, I say, and give thanks that that was only a 30-foot piece of canvas instead of an enemy bomber. I've seen ten-year-old kids shoot better with slingshots!"
