Crusade in Europe The G.I.: Hero of the War (Season 1, Episode 11)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 21 min | Documentary, News, War

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Crusade in Europe

The G.I.: Hero of the War (Season 1, Episode 11)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 21 min | Documentary, News, War

The Italian campaign was termed by most GIs as the toughest campaign in the European Theater. A GI, now in a veteran's hospital, reminisces over scenes of the Italian campaign, on the elements which made it such a tough fight.

Directors

George R. Black | Jack Glenn | Grey Lockwood | Len Lye | William C. Zubiller

Writers

Dwight D. Eisenhower (book) | Fred Feldkamp (adapted from the book)

Producer

Richard De Rochemont (as Richard de Rochemont)

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 14, 1949

Release date

Jul 14, 1949 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win

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Cast	+ Add Cast
5 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark W. Clark Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Was an American Spy (1951)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Maurice Joyce Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) See fewer	Crusade in Europe (1949)
Westbrook Van Voorhis Narrator Narrator See fewer	Tembo (1952)
Dan Frazer Louie, chess-playing GI in a wheelchair (uncredited) Louie, chess-playing GI in a wheelchair (uncredited) See fewer	Take the Money and Run (1969)