Young marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, & his comrades in Bravo Company have been dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam, combatants in an increasingly desperate war. Standing in their way are the North Vietnamese, the monsoon rain & mud, leeches & tigers, & disease & malnutrition. As racial tension & competing ambition build, the group threatens to crack at any moment. When the company is surrounded & outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw & all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever.