Friendly fire is an unavoidable thing, especially in modern war. The worst was at on the island of new georgia, 24%. That means one out of every four americans shot there were shot by their own people. These are the sorts of incidents that are so troubling and upsetting that they don't sell a lot of tickets for movies after the war. They prompt phrases like the real war will never make it into the books.
Can suicidal bravery and fanatical determination make up for material, industrial and numerical insufficiency? As the Asia-Pacific conflict turns against the Japanese these questions are put to the test. The results are nightmarish.