Story of G.I. Joe
The mightiest action drama ever filmed !
Directed by William A. Wellman
Produced by Lester Cowan Productions, United Artists
A humanistic war drama that follows a journalist embedded with frontline soldiers, balancing combat realism with intimate portraits of ordinary men at war.
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
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