Claudette Colbert Videos : Veronica Lake's Selfless Act

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Veronica Lake's Selfless Act

This scene is from the movie "So Proudly We Hail" which stars actresses Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake. A group of US Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives. Sent to Bataan, in the Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson (Clauette Colbert). She is faced with untested nurses who expected an easy time in Honolulu, but who quickly become battle-weary veterans dealing with daily bombardments by the Japanese, overwhelmed by the numbers of wounded, and dwindling supplies. Some of "Davey's" unit also have to deal with romantic entanglements with men they met onboard ship. When Bataan falls, the American forces flee to the offshore island of Corregidor, where they find the Japanese assault just as intense. Throughout the movie, Veronica Lake's character was a problem. She got into fights with many of the girls. She wanted to kill as many "Japs" as possible because her boyfriend was killed by them. This scene in the movie shows her motivation for saving all her fellow nurses against the Japanese.

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