The film had some impact: when the crew of a World War II-submarine in the 1951 movie Operation Pacific is given the treat of seeing a submarine-movie, it is this film they are shown.
In Operation Pacific, a 1951 John Wayne movie, when Wayne's submarine crew get arrested for crashing and busting up a luau with the local Hawaiians asking for damages beyond Wayne's budget, he finds out the locals had illegal "okoolihau" which caused his men to get drunk.
The technical advisor for this film was Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the actual Commander, Submarine Forces, Pacific (COMSUBPAC) during World War II.
•
Nearly fourteen years later, however, they worked together on In Harm's Way (1965) where she noted that he had mellowed a lot, possibly because he was seriously ill with lung cancer at the time.
Pacific Ocean | Pacific | Canadian Pacific Railway | Pacific War | South Pacific | Union Pacific Railroad | Pacific Islands | Pacific Northwest | Operation Overlord | Operation Enduring Freedom | Northern Pacific Railway | Operation Barbarossa | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | Pacific Islander | Operation Market Garden | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | 2011 Pacific Games | Indo-Pacific | South Pacific (musical) | Operation Torch | United States Pacific Fleet | University of the Pacific | Central Pacific Railroad | University of the Pacific (United States) | Pacific Northwest Ballet | Operation Vistula | Cathay Pacific | United States Pacific Command | operation |
In the movie Operation Pacific, John Wayne's character as Executive Officer of USS Thunderfish orders Thunderfish submerged, leaving his wounded Commanding Officer (played by Ward Bond) on the bridge.
Operation Pacific Angel is a recurring joint/combined humanitarian assistance mission sponsored by United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) designed to bring humanitarian civic assistance and civil-military operations to areas in need in the Pacific region.