“Burgess Meredith stars as real-life war correspondent Ernie Pyle, but the real hero of The Story of G.I. Joe is the company - a group of untried men that develops, in spite of losses, into a unit of battle-scarred veterans, as it moves from North Africa to Sicily, and from Sicily to Italy, finally celebrating Christmas, 1943, below Monte Cassino. Robert Mitchum's tough sergeant is a classic characterization that moved instantly into the realm of folklore. Director William Wellman gave the film a near-documentary quality, much enhanced by the use of actual Army film clips.” --Michael Goodwin