When the Baileys are leaving for church, Jennie Bailey tears off a daily calendar page indicating the date is December 7, 1941. Shortly after, the Japanese launch a bombing attack on their village, destroying the church. Factually, the Japanese launched the attach on the Philippines 10 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Since the Philippines are located west of the International Date Line, the earliest the attack could have occurred in the Philipphines is 11 am December 8, 1941.
The attack on the Philippine village is shown as occurring on Sunday morning, Dec 7th, which is when the attack on Pearl Harbor commenced.
However, due to the time difference and the international date line, the actual attack on the Philippines occurred on December 8th.
However, due to the time difference and the international date line, the actual attack on the Philippines occurred on December 8th.
During the bombing from the air an explosion comes out of one building from the side leaving the roof intact.
At the time of the fall of the Philippines, US Marines would have been wearing the old-style Brodie helmets rather than the WWII M1 helmets used in the battle scene.