The Proud and Profane

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1956

Creator: George Seaton

Credits: Cast: William Holden, Deborah Kerr

Description: The widow of a Paramarine lieutenant killed on the Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal has joined the American Red Cross on the island to entertain American servicemen. A Marine Raider battalion comes to New Caledonia after fighting in the South Pacific. Lieutenant Colonel Black (William Holden) objects to the Red Cross women treating his men softly; he states that the only place for women in war are "skirts" that the men chase and the "sweethearts" that wait for them back home.

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