drgondog
Major
Please try and recall all the movies out of Hollywood that have totally missed the real story or in some way changed history to the point that some accept the movie version over reality . I would think that the crap movies by far outweigh the the ones based on reality
Neil - I have zero problem with your comment above -
Hollywood an politicians delight in elevating themselves by attacking and tearing down opponents' reputation rather than focus on the issues.
The issue was that the 99th almost got withdrawn from MTO based on a report by Momyer that 'they were incompetant and cowards' - and the 332nd was tarred with the same brush- and had difficulty in being acknowledged as 'capable' of flying escort based on perception of incompetency (per Momyer). The Congressional hearings determined that the 99th was no worse than average and that the report had no basis in fact.
So, for Hollywood to portray the 332nd FG as 'uber' pilots (as contrast with 99th FS) kept down, then elevated by an all perceptive general and dedicated to protecting bombers because the 'non-black' escort pilots were glory hounds - is not only false but slanderous.