Editing They Were Expendable (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[Douglas Shearer]] was nominated for the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]], while [[A. Arnold Gillespie]], [[Donald Jahraus]], [[Robert MacDonald (special effects artist)|R. A. MacDonald]], and [[Michael Steinore]] were nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Effects]].<ref name="Oscars1946">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946 |title=The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 16, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> It was also named in the "10 Best Films of 1945" list by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviefone.com/movie/they-were-expendable/18851/synopsis|title=Moviefone|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103857/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/they-were-expendable/18851/synopsis|archive-date=December 24, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In his ''Movie and Video Guide'', film critic and historian [[Leonard Maltin]] awarded ''They Were Expendable'' a four-star rating, describing it as a "moving, exquisitely detailed production" that is "one of the finest (and most underrated) of all WW2 films."