Set on the fateful date; August 6th, 1945. Okinawa. Six weeks post-battle, a squad of U.S. Marines is assigned the tedious job of clearing caves where fanatical Japanese soldiers hold out and Okinawan civilians seek refuge. After 3+ yrs of blood-soaked island-hopping, Stg. Woodson leads his squad across terrain that, for three horrific months, was fought for at an unimaginable cost of human life.