
This gritty 1960s drama depicts the lives of a U.S. platoon fighting its way across Europe during World War II. The show is a relatively realistic portrait of the fighting, refusing to glamorize either the soldiers or the war itself. Instead, it concentrates on the struggles of the soldiers to maintain their own humanity.

Saunders' only replacements for a vital mission to blow up a bridge are four soldiers facing court-martial.

The jigsaw-puzzle character of a young man who thinks of himself as a GI to the core causes problems.

A sergeant (Neville Brand) in the Signal Corps risks the lives of soldiers to save his specially trained flock of carrier pigeons.

French brothers (Fernando Lamas, Sal Mineo), one a war hero and one a boy, join Hanley's men on a behind-the-lines mission.