Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

Academy Awards, USA 1946

Nominated Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Mitchum
	Best Writing, Screenplay Leopold Atlas Guy Endore Philip Stevenson
	Best Music, Original Song Ann Ronell For the song "Linda"
	Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Louis Applebaum Ann Ronell

United Artists
Directed by William. A. Wellman
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

War correspondent Burgess Meredith tags along with C Company during WWII. After a brief time in Tunisia, they walk through Italy, battling mud, Nazis and boredom. A great deal of time, and lives, are wasted at the base of a monastery on a hill. The men spend Christmas in their foxholes, where Meredith manages to scrub up some turkey. After the monastery is destroyed, the continue on towards Rome, watching the next batch of fresh recruits arrive while the dead, including many of their own, are carried in on the backs of donkeys. It tends to be episodic and has long stretches where nothing much happens, but apparently that is the reality of war. Many memorable characterizations by unheralded supporting actors, with Mitchum earning his first and only Oscar nomination.