A wounded soldier who has taken refuge in a convent is treated by an Italian nun, even while professing his hatred for Italians.
When a U.S.O. troupe arrives, Capt. Benedict discovers that the lead singer is a former girlfriend, but she only has eyes for the men who are wounded.
Trying to extract important information from a wounded German prisoner, Capt. Benedict has opposition from a field surgeon who has a grudge against him from their college days.
Captain Benedict gets a look at another side of the war after being wounded in combat. When he meets a beautiful Captain working with the Allied Military Government, he is faced with a difficult choice: Transfer to work with the Allied Military Government or return to his Company!
Private Lucavich has a spat with Hanson, but relents when the latter does not return from a patrol behind enemy lines, and the two of them end up taking advantage of some Germans distracted by an argument of their own.
Sgt. McKenna is contemptuous of the undisciplined grpup of soldiers he encounters at a forward observation post, until he sees them in action.
Trapped with a bunch of stragglers who have lost contact with their units, Wright, D'Angelo and Gibson find a mixed bag of heroes and slackers.
Correspondent Wright, while piecing together the events that caused the death of an American officer months before, discovers the details of a spy mission.
Private D'Angelo helps liberate his mother's native village, but then finds out that his beloved uncle was a Nazi collaborator.
War correspondent Wright gets a transfer to the Pacific front so that he can search for his MIA brother, where he witnesses a battle-wise Marine breaking in a young new commanding officer.
Two demolition experts join the squad on a mission to blow up a bridge, but one of them is the Italian engineer who built it, and he is suspected of surreptitiously sabotaging their efforts.
Lucavich and Hanson find a stray dog, while German soldiers attempt to infiltrate the American lines. Also, Captain Benedict meets a beautiful Countess that may be working for the other side.
On leave in Naples, Capt. Benedict is puzzled by a nurse's lack of reaction when her fiance is reported MIA.
To avoid an approaching enemy patrol, Benedict and some of his men hide out in an Italian farmhouse, but things are complicated because he is holding a German major prisoner.
D'Angelo falls in love while on leave and gets involved with battle area racketeers. Things are complicated when an old acquaintance joins the company.
Lucavich saves a boy's life when he is caught stealing food. The boy becomes attached to Lucavich and refuses to leave Lucavich until he is accused of stealing again, from Lucavich. Things are complicated when the boy runs into the German Lines.
After an Italian partisan rescues the squad from a German attack, Sgt. McKenna unwittingly imperils his fellows by starting a romance with an Italian girl.
When the company arrives in a quiet village recently evacuated by the Germans, they are not welcomed by the town's inhabitants. Things become more complicated when they learn that a few Germans stayed behind in the village and are holding the village's children hostage. Captain Benedict must decide whether to gamble the lives of the children.
Wright has an altercation with a female war correspondent who wants to file a story that would compromise military security.
Lt. Kimbro wants to go to the aid of a dying soldier who is calling for help, but Capt. Benedict refuses to let him because it would put the entire squad in danger. Later, Kimbro must make a similar difficult choice when it is Benedict who is in trouble.
While in the hospital recovering from a case of psychosomatic blindness, Lt. Kimbro helps a young woman in trouble.
Almost an entire squad is wiped out by a Nazi ambush, the only survivor being a radio operator who is now trapped behind enemy lines.
Wounded by a grenade and trapped behind enemy lines in Italy, Private D'Angelo must withstand interrogation and avoid giving away information about his army comrades and the local partisans.
Captain Benedict is not happy when he sees that his new sergeant is his younger brother Griff Benedict. The captain is faced with the dilemma of whether or not he can trust him to lead a platoon in battle. At the same time, he has to deal with some personal issues between him and his brother.
The company moves into Nieto for a "mopping-up operation". They are then ordered to hold this strategic town against a German advance. The first platoon gets a new replacement, Henry Draper, a crack shot with a rifle. While in Nieto, they get a cold reception from the town's matriarch.
Landing with the invasion forces at Salerno, Italy, in 1943, Conley Wright joins an infantry unit commanded by Capt. Jim Benedict. The young officer is still unsure of himself, and his ability as a combat leader is severely tested by his first assignment—the taking of San Pietro, whose heavy defenses have repelled tank battalions.
