Talk:The Purple Heart

Removal of "needs infobox" tag
This article has had its infobox tag removed by a cleanup using AWB. Any concerns please leave me a message at my talk page. RWardy 17:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Just so happens...
i'm in the midst of reading a somewhat new account/book re: Dolittle raid.. VERY detailed.. "TARGET TOKYO: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor”. I'm at the point during the execution. SO it was a bit of a trip for me to turn on TCM and know exactly the subject of this film. Believe me, the prison conditions were WAY worse. Think March of Bataan. To think this film was made while the crews were still in various parts of China. Read this book, and also see, "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944). Perhaps you could include the book in a 'SEE ALSO:' section. ok, best to y' all 2602:304:CDAF:A3D0:C8FE:1236:315D:F24E (talk) 03:58, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

suggest HISTORICAL ACCURACY as a new section
There is no historical evidence of any Japanese general shooting himself inside a courtroom during a trial. That scene now appears ridiculous.

That the portrayed Jewish officer Greenbaum jumps up and scolds a Japanese official in court, with a long monologue about international law, is preposterous and ridiculous. There is no evidence of any POW of the Japanese ever doing that during WWII and still being alive the next day.

The film completely leaves out bowing by the POWs. All war-time Japanese guards of POWs demanded bowing and immediately beat the POWs if they failed to bow and I have never found evidence of any exception to this until after the Japanese surrender. This practice was already known at the time of the filming, due to some American POW escapees, such as from the Philippines and China. It might be concluded that the filmmakers left this known fact out deliberately, to cater to the expected sensibilities of an American audience. Starhistory22 (talk) 22:32, 21 January 2016 (UTC)