Bill,
I understand what you are saying. I read the script prior to writing previous post. I think what you say works if you are not dealing with a historical event that includes real people with reputations. But since Russ was a real person, who was no question about it a war hero, a reference I...
Russell Longnecker, now deceased, was my older cousin. I guess it is journalistic license but the way he was portrayed in the script was nothing like Russ. This was more of a composite of many young pilots and factually it is wrong in many ways -- Russ did not crash and was one of only a few...