Using frontline footage filmed by the Paramount News cameramen and photographers from the Army Signal Corps, as well as captured German, Italian and Japanese combat films, this picture traces the course of the American campaign in Italy, and draws a parallel between the military action in Korea and the American campaign in Italy during World War II. With the help of re-enactments, the personal stories of Sergeant James M. Logan and Captain David Ludlum, both of whom played a vital role in the attack on Cassino in Italy, are related. Logan is shown in battlefield scenes routing German machine gunners, who are blocking an American advance, and single-handedly capturing a German officer during the Salerno beachhead, the actions which earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Ludlum, an Air Force weather officer, is filmed forecasting a weather break during a crucial siege of Cassino that allows the Allies to mount an attack there. Additional footage, depicting the United Nations proceedings, during which North Korea was condemned for its act of aggression against South Korea, is also included.