Till the End of Time

Right after VJ Day, two decorated Marine Corps buddies, Cpl. William "Bill" Tabeshaw and Pfc. Cliff Harper, are among a group being immediately discharged in San Diego. Bill (Robert Mitchum), a former cowboy, was wounded in Iwo Jima and has a silver plate implanted in his head. Former college student Cliff (Guy Madison), is physically uninjured but harbors a deep resentment about losing nearly four years of his life because he enlisted right after Pearl Harbor.