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Tragic chapter of World War II with the angels of mercy.
This is the finest film telling of our Navy nurses' great sacrifices in the South Pacific, specifically Bataan and Corregidor. Paramount gave us a perfect cast for what could have been just another propaganda film. (Though calling a film that was anti-Japanese a "propaganda film" makes no sense whatever.) Claudette Colbert, as always, leads the cast, with wonderful support from Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake. You have never seen Paulette more charming, and the surprise of this film is using George Reeves as Claudette's love interest. Guess what? He's excellent! <
>How did his career get so sidetracked? You will find this film exciting, suspenseful and heartbreaking. Bring a hankie.

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Army Nurses in WW2
This is a movie made during WW2 (1943) as a boost to morale to the folks back home. It is the story of a group of Army Nurses in the Philippines and Corregidor who care for the wounded men from Bataan. Lots of interplay between the nurses and the wounded. Shows the stress these brave women were under during this time. Very good performances from Claudette Colbert, Veronica Lake, and Paulette Goddard. George Reeves (Superman) shows off his acting talents. Overall a very good film.

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God is not an American.
But propaganda can be entertaining. Hey, there was a war going on & it wasn't close to being over when So Proudly We Hail was made. I doubt that many of the army nurses looked like Veronica Lake, even in grubby fatigues. This is a homage to those brave ladies. They were all volunteers. We didn't draft women. <
> This is definitely Claudette Colbert's vehicle. She is Lt. Janet Davidson & is in charge of eight other nurses includung Lake & Paulette Goodard as Lt. Joan O'Doul. George Reeves is the leading man as Lt. John Summer and you realize that this movie has far too many Lieutenants. He and Lt. Janet fall in love. Sunny Tufts is "Kansas", an enlisted man, the comic relief & love interest of Lt. Joan. They are all on a ship from Frisco bound for Pearl Harbor. It is December 7, 1941 & suddenly they can't go there. Stunned, the convoy wanders around a bit, gets attacked by the enemy & Christmas is spent at sea. They finally get orders & proceeded to Bataan, in the Philippines. The Battling Bastards of Bataan become the battling orphans in this movie. The nurses serve with great distinction & courage under battlefield conditions. Lots of special effects, as the hospital, ships & various vehicles are blown up. Janet & John are hot to consummate so they get married just before he is sent out on a mission behind enemy lines. Janet & the other nurses are evacuated before he returns. The movie is fine but it's preachy. Our cause is righteous, the enemy is brutal & God is on our side was hammered home every 15 minutes or so in case the audience forgot that we were at war. The sermons were ittitating but then you have to consider the times. A war movie with beautiful woman is a good movie.