(Dra '62,BW). Robert Webber, Anna Sten, Hari Rhodes, Robert Easton, Dale Ishimoto, Linda Wong. American GI Robert Webber heads a motley crew of guerrilla fighters who offer assistance to an injured nun and a group of schoolgirls caught behind enemy lines during the Korean War.
During the Korean War, U. S. Marine Sergeant McGrath and his Korean guide Pak are assigned to a critical mission which offers little chance for survival. Rather than sacrifice good fighting men, McGrath falsifies orders and takes along a motley assortment of men from the brig. Dropped behind enemy lines, the men encounter a nun and a group of Korean schoolgirls whose bus has been destroyed by a bomb. Fearful that the nun, whose leg has been injured, may reveal their position to the enemy, McGrath orders the women to accompany him. As they approach their destination, McGrath gradually wins the admiration of the nun and the girls as well as most of the men. One exception is Dockman, a burly coward who tries to rape one of the schoolgirls while McGrath is away from camp; he is stopped by the other soldiers who turn against him and refuse to participate in an escape attempt. When it becomes apparent that the nun will die from her leg wound unless she receives immediate medical care, McGrath permits the girls to carry her to a nearby village. Confident that his men will follow him, he leads them into action.
