So Proudly We Hail!

So Proudly We Hail!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Written by	Allan Scott
Produced by	Mark Sandrich
Starring	Claudette Colbert Paulette Goddard Veronica Lake
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Ellsworth Hoagland
Music by	Edward Heyman Miklós Rózsa
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 9, 1943 (1943-09-09)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3 million (US rentals)[1]

So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 American war film directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard – who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance – and Veronica Lake. Also featuring George Reeves, it was produced and released by Paramount Pictures.

The film follows a group of American Red Cross nurses sent to the Philippines during the early days of World War II. The movie was based on a book written by Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Hipps,^[2] a World War II nurse – one of the "Angels of Bataan" – who served in Bataan and Corregidor during the time when MacArthur withdrew to Australia which ultimately led to the surrender of US and Philippine troops to Japanese forces. Those prisoners of war were subjected to the Bataan Death March. The film was also based, in part, on Hipps's memoir I Served on Bataan.