Good camerawork (cinematographer William Clothier impressed me with his work in John Ford's "Cheyenne Autumn"; here, his work is notable.) . The tale is real. The film will endear soldiers not film critics. For me, one of the weakest films of Sam Fuller. Those who are familiar with northeast India or Myanmar (former Burma) will easily realize the flora and the trees shown in this film are not from the region it is supposed to show. (It is actually shot in the Philippines.) No family here, though kids and an old woman feeding rice to a tired soldier, an act that brings tears to his eyes, is added. Another soldier talks and dreams of settling down and having six kids of his own. Fuller and family...As a war film, Fuller's black and white "The Steel Helmet" is way better.