“Bouncing Bertha”
As some American soldiers watch a tiny beetle struggling in the water, they are reminded that the enemy is teeming in the hills and they need to get a move on. So they load up in their "Bouncing Bertha": a Patton M-46 tank and head out. Unfortunately, they get stuck along the way with the enemy closing in, who soon blows up the tank. Just then, U.S. aircraft attack while a helicopter lands and takes on four of the five tank crew. One, Allen Burke, is then left to face the enemy, who are angry because the other four got away.
“Zero Hour!”
The new recruits were obviously nervous, awaiting the order from the Sergeant to go over the top toward the Jerries. One in particular stuck close to the Sergeant, who promised to "show him the ropes," when all of a sudden, a German machine gun opened up on them, causing the friendly forces to retreat. The young recruit, wounded, was hung up in the barbed wire and screaming for help, and two soldiers advanced to help....and were killed, and then another. The Sergeant did the only thing he could: he mercifully shot the recruit.
“Gettysburg!”
On the 3rd day of battle at Gettysburg, General Pickett and his army of 14,000 men attack the Union position and all hell breaks loose. One Union soldier, called Alabama (because he came from that state), is in the thick of battle when a southern officer approaches him, and Alabama cuts him down, learning too late after the battle that he had killed his own father!
“Contact!”
Durkee seems to think that the North Korean Army simply can't match up against the American soldier, but hard lessons are soon to be learned.
