Continuity mistake: As John Wayne leaves the landing craft he loads a stripper clip into his bolt action 1903 Springfield rifle. A minute later his rifle has changed into an M-1 Garand.
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
1 continuity mistake
Directed by: Allan Dwan
Starring: John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker
Factual error: After being under bombardment for several days, don't you think it was polite of the Japanese to shave and put on clean uniforms for the invasion?
Sgt. Stryker: You gotta learn right and you gotta learn fast. And any man that doesn't want to cooperate, I'll make him wish he had never been born.
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