They Were Expendable
The Fighting Sullivans
To Hell And Back
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
Stalag 17
12 O'Clock High
The Enemy Below
A couple of others I enjoy catching from time to time...
Murphy's War
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Hell in the Pacific
Not quite a "war movie" per say, but it's set with WWII as a back drop...
Island's in the Stream
And a newer movie about WWI that I have come to enjoy watching...
Fly Boys
Murphy’s War was great. Peter O’Toole acted the Murphy role to perfection. As I recall, the book was really good, too.
http://www.amazon.com/Murphys-war-Max-Catto/dp/B0007HSTPY/ref=tmm_mmp_title_0
“They Were Expendable”
I recommend that you watch “They Were Expendable” in black and white. The fake color version shows the chief petty officers and officers wear blue dungarees instead of khaki.
BTW, “Wing and a Prayer”(starring Don Ameche) was filmed on board a U.S. Navy Essex class carrier with great film footage of actual flight deck operations.