Edmund Grainger

It's World War II. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it, but Kirby proves that there is a method to his madness after all.

Wade Hunnicutt is a big man who looms over the Texas backwoodsmen who work his land, over the embittered wife that he cheats on, and over the sons who strive for their father's respect. An emotionally volatile tale of an epic clash between generations. Wade's sons, determinded to be their own men, are in danger of repeating their father's life-crippling legacy of lust and violence.

Captain Ralls (John Wayne) fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye (Luther Adler) for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix (Gail Russell), and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.