 The wounded sailor shown firing back at the strafing Japanese planes  is based on Chief Ordnanceman John William Finn, stationed at  Kaneohe Naval Air Station on 7 December 1941 who set up a .50  caliber machine gun mount and, despite being wounded several times,  defiantly fired back at strafing Zero fighters during the second  attack wave, hitting several of them and even shooting down one, the  combat unit leader Lt. Fusata Iida. Finn was later awarded the  Congressional Medal of Honor for valor beyond the call of duty.