“Operation Pacific” gives a good sense of how things were back in the 1950s. As the United States had largely recovered from World War II, there was an almost palpable feeling of optimism for the future.

A hearty oldfashioned undersea drama weighed down by tiresome romantic bickerings ashore.

...typical of John Wayne's war films: heroic, nationalistic, patriotic, sentimental, and hokey.

The most interesting element of this typical John Wayne WWII picture is his relationship with his former wife, played by the estimable Patricia Neal.