Late '40s early '50s war movie - Troop crawling up beach

Just another of those movies from the past that bugs the crap out of me because I can't remember the name.

I remember seeing this movie as a kid in the early-mid '50s. As I recall, the soldier was crawling up a beach with his rifle cradled in his arms and the dialog was of his thoughts. "Might end up crawlin' in this sand forever..." that sort of thing. I think there were also some flashbacks to his training and life before the army.

Anybody that can help would be appreciated.

It's ages since I've seen it, but I'll take a wild guess at Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041841/

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Thanks for the answer, Used Future, but I've seen Sands Of Iwo Jima and it's not that movie. I suspect it was a "B" lower budget feature than Sands.

Wild gueess, based on it opens on a beach, and the movie has flashbacks in the lives of the soldiers.

Didn't see it.

Halls of Montezuma (1950)

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Good choice, although I don't remember that in the movie. I was thinking of The Story of G.I. Joe but I don't recall any flashbacks.

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