- During Col Rhode's (Gene Hackman) first conversation with Major Johnson (Harold Sylvester), the Major relays a story on how he won the Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam. The story closely resembles a similar real life rescue from the book and movie Bat 21, which Gene Hackman starred in 5 years later.
- Movie Goof (factual errors): The Huey helicopters flown during the rescue mission were supposedly ones left by the US military. However, they are Bell model 212 (military model UH-1N) and were never used in Vietnam.
- Movie Goof (errors in geography): While in the destroyed village, Johnson explains that Ypres is a town in France where mustard gas was used for the first time by the Germans. Ypres is actually in neighboring Belgium.
- Movie Goof (continuity error): When Kevin Scott and Mr. Jiang are lying on the hilltop, overlooking the prison camp, they have a verbal exchange as to whether the choppers are actually coming. The camera shifts back-and forth several times between Scott and Jiang. During the course of this dialogue, however, Jiang is - without ever changing his position - shown alternately holding a recoilless rifle, or a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher.
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