简介：BasicallythestoryoftheseabattleforOkinawabetweentheshipsoftheU.S.NavyandtheJapanesesuicideplanes---theKamaikazes---and,assuch,isfilledwithstockfootagefromofficialU.S.war-departmentfilmsandnewsreelsandfromJapanesenewsreels..andevenamovie-within-a-moviewhere1948's"LadiesoftheChorus"isshowntoacrewofashipin1944.ThefactualstoryisinterlacedwithafictionalonedealingwiththecrewofanAmericandestroyerwhichisassignedtoanoceanpicketlinearoundOkinawatoprotectthesupplyshipsandtheforcesontheisland.Assuch,ithastheusualbattle-wearyskipper,theLatinowise-guy,the"Kid"andthe"OldVeteran",andthebrash,cigar-chewing"operator"ontheshipwhohascorneredtheentiresupplyoftheship'sbeerrations.…