This 1945 World War II film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne is so underrated it’s criminal that most people haven't seen it before.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Heroes on Deck, a one-hour documentary featuring secret WWII pilot training missions on Lake Michigan, will have its world premiere Tuesday, Feb. 16 in Kalamazoo.

In this training film, recently digitized and made available by the National Library of Medicine, Gene Kelly plays a Navy enlisted man suffering from “combat fatigue irritability.” During WWII ...