After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan (John Wayne) frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan ...
Lt. Arthur Preston and his PT boat crews did whatever it took to save a downed Navy airman in the South Pacific. (U.S. Naval Reserve) On Sept. 15, 1944, the 31st U.S. Infantry Division landed on the ...