December 1944. A civilian victim of the Battle of Bastogne scrounges through garbage to find a scrap of food. ”I don't even see those things”, a war-numbed GI says. “I want to remember them!” his buddy snaps.
Bastogne veteran Robert Pirosh remembers with his Oscar winning screenplay for BATTLEGROUND, a gripping tale of 101st Airbourne troops resisting Hitler's fierce, final counter-offensive. Directed by William A. Wellman (The story of GI Joe), the superb cast includes James Whitmore as a bantam rooster of a sarge and Van Johnson as a wisecracking PFC (as in Praying for Civilian).
Rugged and unsparing, BATTLEGROUND - nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture - makes sure we all remember.