First to Fight (1967)

Directors

Christian Nyby

Cast

Basil Poledouris, Bobby Troup, Chad Everett, Claude Akins, Dean Jagger, Gene Hackman, James Best, Norman Alden, Wings Hauser

The story

In 1942, a group of American Marines are attacked by the Japanese in the jungles at Guadalcanal. Staff Sergeant "Shanghai" Jack Conell is the sole survivor of his squad, and when he makes it back to his own lines, he is given a field promotion to Second Lieutenant and awarded the Medal of Honor by Colonel Baseman. Sent back home on a War Bonds Tour, Connell is reluctant to trade on his heroism and does not consider himself a hero, just a survivor.

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