"I am Ned Scott's son. I am doing research all the time on his Hollywood career which spanned the years 1935-48. I think G.I. Joe is one of the most significant films he worked on. I have fortunately been able to find extra material about the film, something which I cannot say about other films he worked on. I have read Wellman's autobiography, "A Short Time for Insanity", and I have read Ernie's book. "Here is Your War". I have also read Lee Miller's book about Ernie's life and career, "An Ernie Pyle Album". Though nothing is ever mentioned about Ned, there are important references to the film, and to my great satisfaction, some good photos. Wellman said it best, "I want to make this the gaddamndest most honest picture that has ever been made about the doughfoot." And this comes from someone who has already made a great war film, "Wings" (pilots in WWI, for which he received an oscar."
Note: There is a man standing in the back center of this photo that I believe is my Dad "Pappy" Nowlen. Dad was always camera shy because there are other photos where you can tell he was trying to hide his face as you can only see half his face. He tends to stand behind someone else and an example of this is the picture of the cast and crew standing in the chow line.
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