Dooley-Grandpa

Dooley wasn't the only one lost, the movie doesn't tell that there were wounded soldiers on the plane that he kept motivated and alive, with the help of those who could. If you research all the men on board, you will see they all had amazing pasts/lives. Maybe becuz Dooley was the captain of the flite they concentrated more on that in the movie, or maybe it was becuz it was John Wayne's role? He didn't have 7 kids either, he had 3. Ah Hollywood.

If you get the DVD there are other features to watch. I recently was given the gift from a Lac O'Connor groupie of the footage of the retrieval of the planes. Amazing to see where they actually were, the actual plane, where they slept in huts becuz the plane was too cold.

Yes, John Wayne played my grandfather, "Chuck" O'Connor, i.e. Lac O'Connor. Again, if anyone has any info about the adventure, would LOVE to hear from you! AA museum in TX doesn't even acknowledge my grandfather worked for them, but he was one of the first million-mile pilots, as well as being in the first ever Top Gun class in Pensacola, FL. Go figure.

Thanks...J. O'Connor