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World War II drama where the action centers around a single
maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of
the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs
unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a
rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions
facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a
dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses,
they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still
holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an
unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which
the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he
is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace,
and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man
attack on the pillbox.
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