For three and a half hours, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand men are battling for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. As their ammunition runs out, their casualties rise, and the enemy prepares for a final assault, each soldier searches for the strength to prevail over an uncertain future while maintaining honour, decency, and courage in the process.
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For three and a half hours, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand men are battling for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. As their ammunition runs out, their casualties rise, and the enemy prepares for a final assault, each soldier searches for the strength to prevail over an uncertain future while maintaining honour, decency, and courage in the process.
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