Some of the reviewers stated that the Germans torture Col. Barrows during the War. If they had paid more attention, they would have discovered that it was the Japanese would torture Barrows.
Colonel Barrows informed Sinclair that he spend jail time in a Japanese POW camp after Sinclair stated that he did time in a civilian jail before joining the army. Furthermore, Barrows inform his adjutant when they were in a jeep near a lake about being tortured by the Japanese.
In addition, if you look at Col. Barrows' ribbon bar, one of them is the Burma Star for fighting the Japanese in World War II Burma from 1941-45. There is no Africa, Italy, or Germany Star on Barrows' uniform to show that he fought the Germans. Finally, there was nothing in the movie about whether Barrows fought the Germans in 1940 Norway, 1940 France, 1941 Greece, 1941 Crete, or assisting the various resistance movements in Occupied Europe.
Sinclair got rapid promotion as an officer. He enlisted in the army in 1933 and won the Military Medal; however, that medal was awarded only to enlisted and NCO ranks, so he must have won it along with the General Service Medal for seeing action during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine and then was shortly commissioned during or after the revolt because World War II in Europe broke out in September 1939 and three years late, Sinclair become temporarily battalion commander during the Battle of El Alamein and won the Distinguished Service Order (awarded to officers only).
All in all an excellent movie
Colonel Barrows informed Sinclair that he spend jail time in a Japanese POW camp after Sinclair stated that he did time in a civilian jail before joining the army. Furthermore, Barrows inform his adjutant when they were in a jeep near a lake about being tortured by the Japanese.
In addition, if you look at Col. Barrows' ribbon bar, one of them is the Burma Star for fighting the Japanese in World War II Burma from 1941-45. There is no Africa, Italy, or Germany Star on Barrows' uniform to show that he fought the Germans. Finally, there was nothing in the movie about whether Barrows fought the Germans in 1940 Norway, 1940 France, 1941 Greece, 1941 Crete, or assisting the various resistance movements in Occupied Europe.
Sinclair got rapid promotion as an officer. He enlisted in the army in 1933 and won the Military Medal; however, that medal was awarded only to enlisted and NCO ranks, so he must have won it along with the General Service Medal for seeing action during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine and then was shortly commissioned during or after the revolt because World War II in Europe broke out in September 1939 and three years late, Sinclair become temporarily battalion commander during the Battle of El Alamein and won the Distinguished Service Order (awarded to officers only).
All in all an excellent movie