A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
The Sergeant
Griff
Zab
Vinci
Johnson
Walloon
Schroeder
Rensonnet
General / Captain
Broban
Vichy Colonel
Dog Face POW
Shep
Lemchek
Switolski
Kaiser
Smitty
Madame Marbaise
Woman in Sicilian Village
The Hun
German Male Nurse
Sicilian Boy
German Field Marshall
Pregnant Frenchwoman
War Correspondent (uncredited)
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)