Supplies are dwindling. Troops are hopelessly outnumbered. But even in defeat there is victory. The defenders of the Philippines - including PT-boat skippers John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) - will give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the devastation of Pearl Harbor...
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John Ford directs a moving salute to the torpedo crews in the Pacific during World War Two. Lt Brickley and the brash Rusty (John Wayne and Robert Montgomery) are two American skippers determined to prove that their PT boats can be used as weapons against larger Japanese cruisers. Their point is proved with devastating results.
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