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Stewart appeared in a number of movies in uniform, like Strategic Air Command, etc. It would perhaps be better to say that this was his only combat-oriented picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.64.225 (talk) 04:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It was the only film that depicted war, not war-like conditions as in the Cold War. Check it out, there was a conscious effort not to appear in films in which he would be glorifying war. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 04:27, 8 July 2012 (UTC).[reply]
There are a few war films starring Jimmy Stewart:
"Malaya", 1949 MGM. WWII South Pacific battle sequences borrowed from "They Were Expendable", 1945.
"Shenandoah",1965 Universal. Opening Civil War battle sequences borrowed from "Raintree County" MGM 1957.
