Story of G.I. Joe
13/07/1945
2h

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.
Cast


Burgess Meredith
Ernie Pyle


Robert Mitchum
Bill Walker


Freddie Steele
Sgt. Steve Warnicki


Wally Cassell
Pvt. Dondaro


Jimmy Lloyd
Pvt. Spencer
John R. Reilly
Pvt. Robert 'Wingless' Murphy


William Murphy
Private Mew


Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)


William Benedict
Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)


Bob Hope
Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
Yolanda Lacca
Amelia, Italian Girl (uncredited)
Tito Renaldo
Lopez
William Self
"Gawky" Henderson
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