Factual error: French commando Philippe Kieffer is wearing the ribbon of the Military Cross throughout the film. He was actually awarded the MC in July 1944, a month after D-Day.
The Longest Day (1962)
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Directed by: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Starring: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Eddie Albert, Red Buttons, Bourvil, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Jean-Louis Barrault, Paul Anka, Pauline Carton, Wolfgang Büttner
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Flight Officer David Campbell: The thing that's always worried me about being one of the few is the way we keep on getting fewer.
Trivia: Bill Millin, Lord Lovat's piper, earned the nickname 'Mad Piper' due to the fact that he was spared by German snipers on D-Day because they thought him to be crazy playing bagpipes in the middle of a war.