O'donnell recalls the terrible images that are stored in their memory banks. One australia soldiers said that he just shrivelled up during close combat. Another says an officer who had been shot in the head died, saying he suffocated in his own flame. Those are the kinds of experiences write, the human experiences that will have some people almost drinking the rest of their life away.
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.