Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself--that generals make plans, plans go wrong and soldiers die. Meanwhile, on the island of Peleliu, the Marines fight one of the most brutal, and unnecessary, battles of the Pacific.

Cast: Keith David, Quentin Aanenson, Emma Belle Pelcher, Paul Fussell, Harry Schmid, Dwain Luce, Sidney Phillips, Katharine Phillips, Willie Rushton, Burt Wilson, William Perkins, Walter Thompson, Jeroline Green, Barbara Covington, Sascha Weinzheimer