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"The viewer is plunged directly into war. The documentary element - the reconstruction of the campaign of General Merill's American infantary regiment deep behind the Japanese lines in Burma -seems to exist on a level independent of the more stylised attempt to abstract the rhythms of combat and survival. Because he experienced combat at first hand as an infantry man in World War II, Fuller has a certain commitment to represent the reality thus bringing the contradictions between re-creation and generic convention closer to the surface than is usual for the combat genre."@en
"Agli ordini del generale Merrill, un battaglione di truppe anfibie americane compie prodigi di valore contro i giapponesi in Birmania. Dopo innumerevoli scontri sono ridotti in cento e anche Merrill muore, ma l'obiettivo verrà raggiunto. (Mereghetti)."@it
"American brigadier-general Merrill, commands a regiment in Burma during World War II. Surrounded on all sides by the Japanese, Merrill's Marauders nonetheless accomplish their objective, only to be ordered into another mission with barely a chance to breathe. Again and again this happens, and again and again the Marauders remain fiercely loyal to the dauntless Merrill."
"Story of the famous outfit of war-hardened veterans who battled the enemy in Burma."
"Story of the famous outfit of war-hardened veterans who battled the enemy in Burma."@en
"The place: World War II Burma. The mission: drive a fatal wedge between an enemy link-up. The troops: the 5307th Composite Unit, led by Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill and manned by Stock, Chowhound, Kolowicz and other young dogfaces who after a few weeks of basic training had the fate of the world loaded on their backs."@en
"En Birmania, II Guerra Mundial, un grupo de soldados de la Unidad Mixta 5307 liderados por el General de Brigada Frank Merrill , tendrán en sus hombros con unas pocas semanas de entrenamiento, la misión de abrir una cuña fatal entre un enlace enemigo."