Battleground (1949)

Directed by William Wellman

What was it like, to be an ordinary enlisted man at war, knowing that you might never come home, but longing for it all the same, with other men at your side, some friendly, some surly, all scared at times, all brave at times, and all too human?

That’s what I think William Wellman asked himself when he made the film Battleground. It follows the fortunes …