Story of G.I. Joe

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1945. Vintage pressbook for the 1945 film.

Ernie Pyle (Meredith) is a journalist who enlists in the US Army during WWII. During his tour of duty in Africa and Italy, he documents the effects of war on the human condition, illuminating catastrophe, the consequences of combat, and new partnerships in times of crisis, all from a first-person narrative. The real Pyle won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his war correspondence.

Nominated for four Academy Awards.

14x 21 inches. 22 pages and a laid-in ad sheet, saddle stapled in monochrome wrappers, folded horizontally as issued. Very Good plus, with spine rubbing, a few spine chips, and light foxing overall.

[Book #139955]