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Sgt. Rock, whom everyone was depending on to get them through alive, is killed by a freak ricochet bullet. Cpl. Denno, who has an innate aversion to responsibility for the lives of others, must take over command. The final scene has the weary survivors of the rear guard action slowly file across the
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