On a balmy summer evening, Joe accompanied room-mate Connie on a walk back to their apartment after her date with Mr.Gigantic wooden doors were hrown open to welcome the riders and their history-changing cargo into the palace." In the arena, a woman screams and a fight breaks out between a fan and a soldier.When the impressionistically-filmed fight resumes in he ring, La Motta half crouches in a closed-in position and "continues o bore in.In more modern times,Coming Home (1978)portrayed he same plight of the returning serviceman.The major stars, who each gave the performance of their lives in this Best Picture winner, were:Al Stephenson (Fredric March), the eldest returning veteran, an alcoholic Army Sergeant married to loyal Milly (Myrna Loy)Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), a handsome Air Force bombadier involved in two romances - with party-girl wife Marie (Virginia Mayo), and in a new love relationship with Al""s daughter Peggy (Teresa Wright)Homer Parrish (Harold Russell almost uncredited in the film, a WWII vet) as a sailor, the hometown""s former football hero, involved with fiancee/girlfriend Wilma (Cathy O""Donnell)The germinal idea for the literate, meticulously-constructed film came from aTimeMagazine pictorial article (August 7, 1944) that was then re-fashioned into a novel titledGlory for Meby commissioned author MacKinlay Kantor.The old Potomac two-step, Jack." As he walked from the office, Ryan spoke his final words to the President: "I""m sorry, Mr.President, I don""t dance."In the final scene, Ryan was seated before a Congressional oversight committee, where he was sworn in before presenting his testimony.