Tarawa Beachhead

On Guadalcanal, Lieutenant Joel Brady (Ray Danton) pushes his men beyond reason for personal glory and loses most of them. When Johnny Campbell starts to threaten to expose him, he shoots Campbell dead. Sgt. Tom Sloan (Kerwin Mathews) reluctantly lets it go as the sole surviving witness. With no other support, he can't expect anyone to believe him over his superior's version of event. Back home, he tries to comfort Johnny's widow Ruth Nelson Campbell (Julie Adams). Brady commands Sloan on his next deployment to Tarawa.

In the post Korean war landscape, this subject matter may find better purchase. Of course, the military would never help in the production. I don't really know these actors. They're a little stiff and don't look to be big stars. This could use bigger stars and a bigger production. They really don't have enough soldiers for the battle scenes.