this man navy be and a other comment have indicate and a rare and well filmed look at navy light than air ( lta ) activity . the lta crew be justly proud that the convoy they shadow never lose a ship to submarine attack . and the filming at the various nas location give a valuable glimpse at a type of aviation that be long go . however and the first half of the movie be all about beery and his relationship with his service pal and and him meet the tom drake character and his mother and and get drake leg fix . only then do the second film start . the second film be mostly ltas in action and take on a surface sub and guy get kill and much damage be cause . the look be fairly gritty and realistic and i imagine . then we shift to southeast asia . do the navy have ltas there . never mind and this part be really wild and with a blimp be use to extract some downed aircrew from the jungle . and the jap be shoot like mad . shade of vietnam and except the getaway be oh and so leisurely . this be a blimp be talk about . in the end and a feel good wwii drama about a very unusual part of the war .