hollywood deserve a big hand of applause for make so proudly we hail at a time when the u. s. be still involve in ww2 and our struggle to overcome the japanese in the pacific . it open to popular acclaim at new york radio city music hall where it play to contented audience who be both entertain and impress by the war realism depict a nurse undergo the rigor of work among the wound . it still pretty impressive and although some of the flag wave get a little heavy and the suds flow pretty freely when the nurse discover romance . claudette colbert lead the pack of nurse with a nobility only claudette could demonstrate and sincerity . in less role and veronica lake and paulette goddard acquit themselves well and with goddard receive a support actress nomination . sonny tuft achieve instant popularity with his role a the bumbling kansa and george reef have one of the best role of his career a colbert love interest . what make the film remarkable for it time be the way it handle all of the action sequence and there be plenty of them . the explosion do not look a if theyre happen on a studio set but in the jungle and terrain of the story and theyre mighty effective in their realism and something even today audience can appreciate . on the debit side and the story be a little overlong and the flashback technique might not appeal to everyone . still and it have hold power and be an example of one of the finer film of the period to deal with the role of woman during world war ii .