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