To knock out a German bunker, the squad must drag a cannon over a mile of rough, enemy-infested terrain.

Saunders and Littlejohn are ordered to destroy an enemy bridge--with the help of four GIs being held for court-martial.

Sergeant Saunders' squad is disrupted by Ollie Joe Brown, a young soldier determined to be "GI Perfect."

A reconnaissance patrol is jeopardized by two Frenchman vital to the mission: a veteran Resistance fighter and his frightened brother.

Alone and blinded, Saunders is at the mercy of a German chaplain.

Saunders' men are ordered to take a farmhouse that is defended by a determined group of teenage German soldiers.

Saunders rankles his squad members by showing too much concern for a young replacement who bears a disquieting resemblance to the Sergeant's recently-enlisted kid brother.

Ordered to escort an important group of German prisoners to the rear, Saunders faces heavy odds; the POWs outnumber the GIs 18 to 5.

Saunders is uneasy about Charles Harris, a doctor turned demolitions expert.

A GI bitterly recalls the events that put him in the hospital.

A vital mission is jeopardized by Saunders' own short-tempered squad members, who suffer from raw nerves caused by lack of sleep. Surprisingly, the worst case of this ISN'T Kirby...It's Caje and Littlejohn!

Wounded Littlejohn becomes a modern Gulliver.

Kirby starts questioning his own principles when he finds himself risking his neck for a deadbeat.

A captured German medic is forced to choose between duty to his country and his compassion for humanity.

In a bomb-scarred London suburb, Saunders spends a furlough helping an orphanage director.

A mine cave-in forces enemies into an uneasy truce.

Saunders tangles with Barbu, a wily gypsy.

Suffering from shock, a French Resistance fighter wages a one-man war against the Allies and the Germans.

Captain Cole [James Daly] is reunited with his son, Jack [James MacArthur], who he hasn't seen in years. Jack is now a reporter who is sent to the front to cover the war. Jack arrives at HQ just as Captain Cole returns from a patrol and it is evident right from the start that his relations with his son are strained. Jack is stopped from going on patrol by his father but eventually manages to join a patrol with Lt Hanley and Captain Cole. The patrol is ambushed by Germans and is pinned down in a farmhouse. Doc is wounded in the first rush and manages to break away into the bush and make his way back to get reinforcements. While they are pinned down in the farmhouse Captain Cole and Jack realise that they are closer than they believed and manage to patch up their problems just as Caje arrives with reinforcements to relieve them.

Saunders is wounded, hounded by dogs, and finally captured and drugged.

German soldiers are infiltrating the Allied lines dressed as Americans and Kirby is caught up in the action when he is involved in an ambush. He takes another soldier, Carl Driskoll [Roger Perry] prisoner not sure whether he is American or a German disguised as an American. They are both then captured by British Cpl. Tommy Behan [Gavin MacLeod], who is totally unsure who to trust. As they move along the road they come across a jeep that has been ambushed. The only survivor is Cpl. Marty Roberts [Nick Adams] who was a prisoner on the jeep. Now totally unsure who is who, Cpl. Behan handcuffs Kirby to Cpl. Roberts and marches his three prisoners away hoping to find help. They come across a hunter's cabin in the woods and decide to bunker down for the night. While there the cabin is approached by to soldiers and Cpl. Behan challenges them. They are German infiltrators and both are killed in the ensuing shootout but Behan is wounded. As they sit through the night, Roberts tries to talk the other two into tackling Cpl. Behan saying he can't stay awake all night. Behan feels he can trust Driskoll who seems to have stayed out of any involvement and asks him to keep the others covered while he sleeps. Driskoll takes his sten gun and then turns it on Behan and kills him. Roberts (who speaks fluent German) tries to convince Driskoll that he is an infiltrator also and, as Driskoll is about to kill Kirby, the owner of the cabin bursts in and takes him prisoner. He is a member of the French Resistance and decides to take them all to the American lines so they can work out who is who. On their way there they come across a German patrol and Driskoll shout out to warn them whereupon he is shot by the Frenchman. Kirby and Cpl. Roberts (who are still handcuffed together) make a break for it just as the Frenchman is himself killed. They come across a farmhouse and try to find something to break the handcuffs which they manage to do. Now separated Roberts tells Kirby he is not going back as he is scared he will be shot as a deserter. As they move out they are pinned down by the three remaining Germans. Roberts tries to distract to Germans by posing as an infiltrator but is killed by a group of GI's that have arrived on the scene and hear him speaking German.

A group of USO entertainers are on the way to the front when their truck blows a tyre. As their driver is changing the tyre they decide to have a practice unaware that a German patrol is moving in on them. Fortunately, Sgt. Saunders and the squad have also heard them and move in behind the Germans. The driver and accompanying MP are killed in the attack so Saunders decides to take the USO group with him while they finish their job. They work their way forward and come across a mill house which they decide to use as a temporary base. The USO leader Bernie [Dan Duryea] is making life difficult for Saunders and generally proving very difficult to handle. Battalion radio Saunders and tell them to hold their position as they are sending transport for the USO group. As they are consolidating their position their scout reports that a German patrol is moving in. They manage to kill the German scouts but are pinned down by the Germans heavy machine gun. Bernie decides to take matters into his own hands and, unbeknown to the others, raises a white flag. The German commander, Lt. Knubel [Hank Brandt] sent two of his men in to accept the surrender and, when they approach, they are shot down. Brandt is furious and sends for reinforcements. Saunders tells Bernie that his stupid action will cost them all their lives as the Germans will now take no prisoners. The other members of the group including Hank [Noah Beery Jnr] who has been wounded, Zac [Dennis Hopper] and Woody [Robert Easton] tell Bernie that he did the wrong thing. Hank, out of his mind, wanders out towards the shot Germans and is killed. The squad is running low on ammunition and Saunders and Kirby sneak out to retrieve ammunition and grenades from one of the dead Germans just as an attack is launched. As they fight back reinforcements from battalion arrive and relive them but it is too late for Woody who has died from a wound.

A tyrannical sergeant, snipers and a dangerous cargo plague Kirby and Littlejohn as they drive trucks to the front lines.

While on patrol, Lt Hanley's newest replacement, Hank Dolan [Tom Simcox] is a man who believes he is cursed to cause the deaths of the men around him. A series of mishaps where those with him are killed whilst he is untouched leaves the other patrol members starting to believe he is right. During an attack on a German observation post Dolan is wounded and no one else is hurt making them realise he was not a Jonah.

Hanley sends Saunders' patrol to scout for 88s shelling the town they've been ordered to hold. Ambushed by a German squad, Saunders is separated and aided by what appear to be French partisans.

Kirby, who is given command of the squad in Saunders's absence, learns a lesson in leadership.