not a single nurse in 1942 1945 who serve in the philippine die during the japanese invasion or later in japanese prison camp . in contrast and the death rate among male in both situation and which include the bataan death march ( in which the nurse do not participate ) and be absolutely horrific and and include slave labor in japan by be transport there by unmarked japanese hell ship routinely sink by unknowing u. s. submarine where starve and sick and suffocate men lock in hold drown by the thousand . there be endless aspect of the movie that try the viewer and even in 1943 represent maudlin speech by the chaplain and nurse and and others ( include a speech in a love letter at the end of the movie ) every 15 minute or so while front line soldier and a marine ( who for some reason wanders around all alone in an army unit and on the voyage over and in the philippine when he should have be with his fellow marine in the 4th marine regiment ) who nonchalantly stroll back and forth at will from the front line to the rear to schmooze with their girl friend while fraternization ( absolutely forbid ) between a nurse and the ( apparently ) lose enlist marine ( who be a pfc in his blouse and a pvt . in his shirtsleeve ) while absolute confusion a whether these nurse be red cross ( civilian ) or u. s. army and navy while the usual tiresome 1940 litany of wisecrack while not a single and solitary mention of the u. s. army medic and navy hospital corpsmen who and unlike the nurse and indeed be in the front line and decimate and and leave behind with their patient ( no australia for them ) while claudette colbert and paulette goddard obviously too old for their role while veronica lake with hair shoulder length while endless and childish cat fight while and a scene with veronica lake and japanese soldier ( who do not fire but obligingly gather around ) and and a hand grenade which have no competition for the 20th century prize for the hand down stupid scene ever film in a war movie . the production value be good and but that and it patriotism be the only positive thing you can say about this movie .