 FAIR: SPOILER: During Cleans funeral, the Chief folds the tattered  American flag from the stars end to the stripes end. Even a Cub  Scout knows you fold the flag from stripes to stars, leaving the  blue field on the outside. A Navy Chief Petty Officer would  certainly know this. This was almost certainly intentional on the  directors part; it may symbolize the chiefs disaffection with the  war, or at least with his mission (similar to flying a flag  upside