Tony Newman was born in 1934.
Mrs. Newman died in 1940.
This episode takes place in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii from December 6 to December 7, 1941 and Arizona in 1968.
The USS Enterprise did receive a message that Pearl Harbor was under attack. However, she was not being warned to turn back. She had been delayed returning to Pearl Harbor from Wake Island by bad weather. Her planes had been launched and many were involved in the fight with the Japanese planes. Some were shot down, some by the Japanese and some by friendly fire. Enterprise would enter Pearl the next morning to see the devastation.