On the screen of one of the handheld information devices, can be seen the phrase HAB GPS GROK. "Grok" is the only Martian word in Robert A. Heinlein's novel about a Martian-raised human, Stranger in a Strange Land. There is no direct correlation to a specific English word, but what it means is to understand someone or something on a very deep and perceptive level.
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The PT boats seen at the beginning (and for a brief moment, at the end) of the film are Elco 77-foot PTs, the type of boat that saw intense combat against the Japanese Navy's "Tokyo Express" in the Guadalcanal area early in World War II. The wartime second-series Elco 77-footers, which were the same type as PT 59, John F. Kennedy's second command after PT 109 was rammed and sunk, are seldom seen on film, and hardly ever in color.
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Just as in most Hollywood features of the World War II era, this movie's closing credits feature a promotion USA war effort at the end of the credits roll. It states: "FOR VICTORY U.S. WAR BONDS AND STAMPS BUY YOURS IN THIS THEATRE"
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