Pearl Harbor Movie Differences

Pearl Harbor is a movie based on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Doolittle Raid. The movie is told through the eyes of two men, Rafe and Danny, who were childhood friends and both grew up and joined the United States Airforce. Both men end up falling in love with the same women, Evelyn, she’s a nurse in the United States Airforce. Rafe has to leave and go over to Germany to help the Europeans fight the Germans. His plane gets shot down, and everyone believes he is dead. Danny tries to comfort Evelyn during this time, but then develops feelings for her and decides to hook up with her. Rafe does return unexpectedly and catches them together, he gets upset with his best friend. Shortly after that the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Roosevelt decides to declare war on Japan, they both join Colonel Doolittle knowing the chances of coming home is slim. Throughout the movie there are similarities and differences of the actual events that took place during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
These two characters are based on Second Lieutenants George Welch and Kenneth Taylor from the Unite States Airforce. Both guys did race in a Buick to an airfield during the attack, and were the first two Airforce pilots off the ground as depicted in the movie. They were both credited for taking down several Japanese aircrafts. The love triangle that was shown in the movie was an event that never occurred. The movie shows Welch and Kenneth joining the Doolittle Raid, but that is not accurate. Welch and Kenneth were fighter pilots and the raid was flown by bombers, fighter pilots were not allowed to operate bomber planes. In actuality the raid was flown by men from the 17th bombardment group, these men were from South