Story of G.I. Joe

“The mightiest action drama ever filmed !”

In North Africa during the Second World War, the war correspondent Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith) attaches himself to Company C of the 18th Infantry and marches with them. William A. Wellman builds the film from Pyle's own columns, following one company into combat in Tunisia and then Italy. Pyle learns their names and habits, and the men, among them Bill Walker (Robert Mitchum), come to trust him.