Plot: A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement find similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before in this bitter look at the beginnings of the Vietnam war.
Alternative Plot: The veteran major (Burt Lancaster) in charge of a U.S. advisory group follows futile orders to their tragic end in 1964.
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