It is a powerful moment in the film. The movie made the term (concept) familiar to those outside the Navy. If you’re on a ship you don’t have a choice to go your own way. Being on a boat forces you to work as a team because you either all make it back to port or you all make it to the bottom of the ocean. Granted, only half the crew died. But the ones that died, died because of the failure of one man.
It is a powerful moment in the film. The movie made the term (concept) familiar to those outside the Navy. If you’re on a ship you don’t have a choice to go your own way. Being on a boat forces you to work as a team because you either all make it back to port or you all make it to the bottom of the ocean. Granted, only half the crew died. But the ones that died, died because of the failure of one man.