Story of G.I. Joe
At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with, and reports on, the U.S. Army's 77th Infantry Division during their liberation of Italy.
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"The Story of G.I. Joe chronicles the experiences of an infantry unit in Italy as told by war correspondent Ernie Pyle, who is played by Burgess Meredith. War weary Robert Mitchum plays the platoon leader. While we can see that the movie was largely made in the studio, the great photography and direction move it along. Cold feet, mud, frustration, and homesickness are effectively demonstrated at the expense of battle scenes...."
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The extras in the film were real American GIs, in the process of being transferred from the war in Europe to the Pacific. Many of them were killed in the fighting on Okinawa--the same battle in which Ernie Pyle was killed by a Japanese machine gunner--never having seen the movie in which they appeared.
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At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with, and reports on, the U.S. Army's 77th Infantry Division during their liberation of Italy.