朝鲜战争后期的1953年7月,当战争各方在进行和平停战谈判时,美军为了在谈判桌上增加筹码,命令克莱门斯中尉率领美军一个连进攻没有军事价值的255高地.他们知道板门店停战谈判可能随时会达成和平协议,所以一些士兵不太愿意做无谓牺牲.然而,克莱门斯中尉认为这是他们的爱国职责,在他的指挥下,美军在猪排山阵地上与中朝军队进行争夺战,甚至进行残酷的肉搏战.等到增援部队到达时,135人的连队打的就剩下25个人.Grim story of one of the major battles of the Korean War. While negotiators are at work in Panmunjom trying to bring the conflict to a negotiated end, Lt. Joe Clemons is ordered to launch an attack and retake Pork Cop Hill. It's tough on the soldiers who know that the negotiations are under way and no one wants to die when they think it will all soon be over. The hill is of no particular strategic military value but all part of showing resolve during the negotiations. Under the impression that the battle has been won, battalion headquarters orders some of the men withdrawn when in fact they are in dire need of reinforcements and supplies. As the Chinese prepare to counterattack and broadcast propaganda over loudspeakers, the men prepare for what may be their last battle.