On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy executed a surprise attack to one of the United States Naval bases of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This is one of the most devastating attacks against the United States in history, along with it, the Americans entered WWII. In the 2001 film “Pearl Harbor”, these events are portrayed by the love triangle between three characters; Rafe McCawley, Danny Walker, and Evelyn Johnson. Like all films based on actual events, the story has been altered to be made more appealing to viewers. In this particular film, many elements have been changed. First of all, the love story that is the basis for this movie is completely fictional. Evelyn is not even based off a real character, meaning there was no conflict between Rafe and Danny, and there was no pregnancy. All these factors were added for dramatic affect. Even though the love story is not real, Rafe and Danny are based on actual Lieutenants George Welch and Kenneth M. Taylor, who shot down six Japanese planes during the attack. This scene of the movie is also slightly changed from what actually happened. In reality, there were more planes fighting off the Japanese with Welch and Taylor, but none had actually shot any planes down except these two. In the film, Rafe and Danny were the only ones who went airborne and took out more than six planes. Another error is seen when, Dorris Miller, the African American cook, did not deliver Captain Mervyn S. Bennion's orders during the actual attack. He actually tried carrying the captain to the first aid center, who refused and stayed in his post to give orders until he passed away. In reality, Miller did man a machine gun but was not actually credited with a kill as portrayed in the movie. Another flaw of the film was when Rafe volunteered for the British Eagle Squadron without surrendering his place as an American Army pilot. He couldn't have kept both positions because it would have been a violation of the neutralit