re: Roland Emmerich to direct World War II historical action/drama about the Battle of Midway

One thing that gives me solace is that Emmerich will probably make a point of showing how insane it would be to be in a dive bomber. I always thought that the tail gunner in a Dauntless or Helldiver had one of the worst jobs in the war. Imagine going into a steep dive that you had no control over, facing up while the plane was screaming downward. Of course, the pilots didn't have it much easier. It would take balls of pure steel to maintain a dive into the teeth of a Jap aircraft carrier's anti-air batteries.