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MILITARY/WAR-A CIVILIAN HASTILY ENROLLED IN THE BRITISH ARMY.TONY GILLING WAS ALL TOO HUMAN.FRAUGHT WITH COMPLEXES AND HUMILIATED BY FAILURE IN A WORLD THAT WAS NOT HIS OWN,HE AND HIS DEPLETED COMPANY WERE THROWN INTO THE BREACH TO STEM THE TIDE OF FANATICAL JAPANESE FOR A FEW PRECIOUS HOURS.THE PATTERN WAS RELENTLESSLY THE SAME-DEMOLISH A BRIDGE,DEPLOY THE MEN AND REPULSE AN ONSLAUGHT OF BANZAI SCREAMING ENEMY;RETREAT A FEW MILES BLOW UP THE ROAD AND FACE THEM AGAIN.ALL THE TIME LOSING MEN,ALL THE TIME TORTURED BY SELF DOUBT BUT,IN THE END,GILLING WAS BETTER THAN HE KNEW.
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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