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 vet... more »eran Robert Pirosh remembers with his Oscar-winning* screenplay for Battleground, a gripping tale of 101st Airborne troops resisting Hitler?s fierce, final counteroffensive. 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.« less