Month and numeric date needed. Whenever there was a closeup of Scotty's right hand controlling the transporter, you could be assured that this was another actor because actor James Doohan was missing the middle finger on that hand. That missing finger (and wounds in his leg and chest) came on the evening after a very long day of work as a Captain in the Royal Canadian Army. On what famous date in 1944 did Doohan get wounded after leading 120 men in helping to take Juno Beach.
6 June (1944)