It's WWII. Various young men have answered the call to join the US Marines. The movie follows one squad being trained to operate radios. There is one of each kind in the squad. Many have romantic entanglements. First, they are sent to San Diego.
This is mostly romantic melodramas with the war in the background. It all feels very 50's. The stories and the characters are stuck in 50's morality and sensibilities. There are a couple of hunky guys from the era and some solid actors, too. It's not until the last half hour when the boys finally arrive at the war. Quite frankly, I would rather reverse the ratio. It's a war movie that needs more war. The war action starts with a lot of actual war footage. The production is fairly big and has some big action. It all becomes chaos anyways. This has some fine size, but is not one of the better war movies.
This is mostly romantic melodramas with the war in the background. It all feels very 50's. The stories and the characters are stuck in 50's morality and sensibilities. There are a couple of hunky guys from the era and some solid actors, too. It's not until the last half hour when the boys finally arrive at the war. Quite frankly, I would rather reverse the ratio. It's a war movie that needs more war. The war action starts with a lot of actual war footage. The production is fairly big and has some big action. It all becomes chaos anyways. This has some fine size, but is not one of the better war movies.