Reviewed by Kathleen Amboy.  Viewed on TCM. Battleground is a true story of the week long Siege of Bastogne in Belgium, which was held by U.S. troops in the Battle of the Bulge, during WWII. It’s December 1944 and just five months shy to the end of the conflict in Europe.  Replacement recruits Layton (Marshall Thompson) and Hooper (Scotty Beckett), are buddies stationed two hours … Continue reading Battleground (William Wellman, 1949): USA