When Sergeant Daniel "Danny" Fontaine's troop plane is shot down during the Allied airborne invasion on D-Day, he finds himself alone in France, separated from his platoon and lost behind enemy lines. In his search to rejoin his platoon, he encounters a patrol of Germans who have captured a large wolf. Figuring if the Nazis wanted it, he had a duty to keep them from it, he decides to attack while they are distracted. Daniel is severely wounded during...