Corrected entry: The USMC Corporal l on the vessel has expert rifle and pistol badge but no service ribbons. A corporal would have the basic service ribbons on his uniform, as Marines wear all ribbons to which they are entitled in service. (00:12:00)
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11th Jan 2018
The Final Countdown (1980)
7th Jan 2018
The Final Countdown (1980)
Corrected entry: The survivors and the dog were pulled from the ocean and flown back to the aircraft carrier. When they arrive on the aircraft carrier they are dry as if they were never in the water. (00:55:00)
Correction: The yacht is 130 miles from the carrier when detected so it would take the Sea King helicopter at least 3/4 of an hour at its maximum speed (168mph) to fly from the pickup site back to the carrier. In that time inside the helicopter they easily could have visibly dried.
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Correction: Served on the USS Nimitz during the filming and actually escorted the actors around the ship while assigned to the Master at Arms force. The USMC Corporal, (who I knew) would not have earned any awards during this time frame. The National Defense Service Medal was not issued from the end of the Vietnam War (1974) until the start of the Gulf War. The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal is not awarded until the honorable completion of three years of service and he had only two at this time. This was a period where Sailors and Marines were bare chested until they earned their Good Conduct, received a rare unit award or qualified for the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon which did not even exist until after the movie was released.