Plot

A private in the latter days of WWII on the German front struggles between his will to survive and what his superiors perceive as a battlefield instinct.

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.—Anonymous

In 1944, in Hurtgen Forest in the border of Belgium, Pvt. David Manning is the only man of his company to survive a battle in the woods. He joins a new company trying to get a medical waive, and although having difficulties to respect his superiors, he is promoted to sergeant due to his leadership and instinct of survival. After a new battle, when he destroys the German cannons, he is promoted to lieutenant.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

November 1944. The Allied advance towards Germany is progressing but in the Hurtgen Forest area it has stalled. The terrain and stubborn German resistance has turned the region into a meatgrinder. In the middle of all this is a veteran, Private Manning, doing his best to stay alive despite suicidal tactics by his superiors. When he is reluctantly promoted to Sergeant he is given a squad of raw replacements to command. Now, instead of just looking out for himself, he has to care about the lives of others.—grantss