From Here to Eternity

The personal and romantic entanglements of soldiers stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii unfold in the tense months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Personal conflicts of pride, love, and military bureaucracy are suddenly overtaken by the events of 7 December 1941.

The film is set among the peacetime US Army garrison in Hawaii in 1941, capturing the routine military life that was abruptly shattered by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Based on James Jones's novel drawn from his own prewar Army service; the attack itself is depicted briefly and the personal drama is fictional.

A carrier strike force attacked the United States Pacific Fleet at anchor, bringing America into the war.

Two waves of aircraft from six carriers sank or disabled eight battleships and destroyed much of the island's air strength. The American carriers were at sea, and the fuel storage and repair facilities were left largely intact.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed

Positioned at Summer 1941 – 7 December 1941 within the Prewar Hawaii and Pearl Harbor phase of the war, as part of the Pearl Harbor prelude. This is entry 38 of 150 in the chronological archive.

• Pearl Harbor
• Hawaii
• peacetime Army
• romance
• Schofield Barracks

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  Pearl Harbor

  7 December 1941 – 18 April 1942

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  Tora! Tora! Tora!

  November – 7 December 1941

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  Casablanca

  December 1941

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  In Harm's Way

  December 1941 – 1943

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  Wake Island

  December 8–23, 1941

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  They Were Expendable

  December 1941 – April 1942