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When Captain Torrey returns to his quarters after the X-Rays and cast removal, he finds the radio of Commander Powell's car still on. He reaches in, shuts it off and then walks up the walkway to the front door. As he does so he passes the signs that indicate the residents in On Base Housing it, it reads Captain - R.W. Torrey USN Commander - E.T. Powell USNR

According to Torrey's sign it would indicate that his name is Rock. Well. Torrey. when, according to both the movie and the original book, Rockwell Torrey had no middle name, his name was Rockwell, one word. According to the book, Torrey's father had no use for middle names.

Continuity

In the scene in which Eddington takes the reconnaissance plane, it is given to him with a machine gun clearly visible extending from its nose. In later shots of the plane in flight, it is gone.

During the planning for the parachute assault Colonel Gregory states that it will have to be a low level drop. When the actual drop occurs, it is clearly a high altitude drop.

Early in the movie while Liz Eddington a

Francis W. Rockwell (admiral)

Francis Warren Rockwell (July 2, 1886 – January 2, 1979) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1908 to 1948.[1]

Early life and career

Rockwell was born in South Woodstock, Connecticut. He entered the Naval Academy in 1904, graduated in 1908, and was commissioned as an ensign on June 6, 1910. After various assignments before and after his commissioning, he directed the fitting out of the destroyer Jarvis (DD-38) in 1912-1914. In 1914 he joined the faculty of the Naval Academy as an instructor in electrical engineering and physics, serving there until 1917 when the United States entered World War I.[1][2][3][4]

World War I and interwar years

Rockwell served aboard the battleship New Jersey (BB-16) and aboard various destroyers in Queenstown, Ireland, during the war. He commanded Winslow (DD-53) in 1918 and then the new destroyer Thatcher (DD-162) in 1919. In 1920 he returned as an instructor at the Naval Academy, serving th

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