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n the ultimate battle scene of the 2019 remake, Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless pilot Dick Best leads his squadron in an attack on the Japanese aircraft carriers during the epic June 1942 naval engagement. Viewers are along for the ride as the dive bombers plunge through a hail of anti-aircraft fire to deliver their payloads and

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