16 military movies that used real-life veterans in active roles

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Still from Flags of our Fathers (Image via Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Still from Flags of our Fathers (Image via Warner Bros. Entertainment)

8.⁠ ⁠Battleground (1949)

Still from the movie (Image via HD Retro Trailers)
Still from the movie (Image via HD Retro Trailers)

Starring Van Johnson, John Hodiak, and others, William A. Wellman directs this war movie, which portrays a fictional Glider Infantry Regiment of the Airborne Division, which fought in the siege of Bastogne during World War II. In the movie, James Whitmore plays the role of Sergeant Kinnie, who is a real-life former Marine Corps drill instructor.

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