And, correction to my earlier post - been awhile since I saw 'Midway' - it's actually an officer playing the accordion, not an EM. Just to give credit where due to the JG's.
And, another '03-full' movie which is a favorite is 'Bataan' - with 'Guadalcanal Diary' another perennial favorite, as well as 'Wake Island'. All chock-full of '03's.
Grew up watching these on Saturday mornings, where we were lucky to have a steady diet of WWII classic pictures, plus the US Army's 'Big Picture' serials.
And, didn't appreciate this the way I should have until I was much older, but all of my Dad's co-workers and my friends' Dads were largely veterans - many of them with significant combat experience in the Pacific or Europe. Grew up in the shadow of patriots and men of valor.
My next-door neighbor, Grant Hirabayashi, was one of Merrill's Marauders, and fought in the CBI. As a Japanese-American, he would have been summarily executed (or worse) had he been captured by the Japs. I didn't learn of his distinguished record until I was grown and gone from my old neighborhood; when I asked Mr. Hirabayashi about his war experience, he simply said 'I'm lucky to be alive'. The internment suffered by many Japanese-Americans, including his own parents, never affected his love of the US and his patriotism. He had a distinguished career working for the US Government in many intelligence functions after the war.
Quick summary for his service:
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-sto...2001001.28498/
Typical of most of the WWII veterans with whom I had the luck to grow up around...and learn from as I grew into adulthood. And, more than a few were '03 fans - particularly those early USMC veterans, of course! A Guadalcanal Marine taught me to shoot high-power with an '03 - quite the indelible experience having watched those WWII movies a few thousand times by the time I made it to the shooting range at age 16.
Sort of set the '03 Springfield disease' in for good after a few years of shooting with this gentleman and his compatriots.