Private Manning hopes for a section 8 switch away from the frontline combat, but when he's the only survivor of his platoon, Captain Pritchett is so impressed he upgrades Manning to sergeant. This irritates Sgt. Talbot who views Manning as a coward. Manning is put in charge of a group of awkward recruits, including the clumsy Sanderson as the allies prepare to take a key location, a well-defended bridge.