The scene where one of the sailors is tasting the dishwater thinking that it is soup, is referenced later in another John Ford's film (also about navy) 'Mister Roberts' (when Jack Lemmon is touring nurses around the ship).
The song "Zamboanga" played on the crank record player by Gilhooley is being played on the radio at a bar in "They Were Expendable" just before the announcement about Pearl Harbor is made.
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By what name was They Were Expendable (1945) officially released in India in English?