Whether or not the story is based on real or fiction, that intro was 100% realistic. He said no movie has come that close to capturing what that day was like. But Saving Private Ryan was a respectable "I can't watch this" reaction. Maybe I'll give that movie a good ripping one day. And they most definitely know how to swim. Soldiers don't take girlfriends on private plane rides. He had a friend stationed there who lost his life and thinks that movie is a disgusting display of ignorance. He absolutely hated Pearl Harbor cause of the horrible way they portray the military to be a bunch of toothbrush wielding babies who don't know what to do in the event of being attacked. Some about that soldier life never really leaves them I guess. Before he passed away he did an interview with a local newspaper and detailed what he saw despite it being very difficult for him to speak about. He told us a lot of war stories but rarely ever spoke about that day. He was apart of Operation Neptune and stormed the beaches of Normandy. My grandfather fought in WW2 somehow surviving D-Day.
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