THE STORY OF G.I. JOE (1945) Robert Mitchum, Burgess Meredith, Freddie Steele During World War II, war correspondent Ernie Pyle wrote about the common fighting man–G.I. Joe. This film covers Pyle's (Burgess Meredith) tour of duty with Company C and its men about whom Pyle wrote. Robert Mitchum received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor. click here for screen-shots READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE STORY OF GI JOE previous page