Young UPI correspondent, Mike McGreevy is assigned to cover the veteran 28th Infantry Division. Battered and bloodied in Normandy and the Huertgen Forest, the 28th Infantry, nicknamed The Bloody Bucket, is resting in a quiet sector, called The Ghost Front, where nothing ever happens. But, things aren't going to remain quiet much longer. The German Army is planning its last great offensive of World War II, a battle that will hopefully turn the tide of the war on the Western Front. Meanwhile, U.S. Army Intelligence is beginning to gather information that leads them to believe the Germans may be planning something gigantic. Some of the most vital information is brought in by a young Luxembourg woman, named Marguerite Lindenhauser. A member of the Resistance, Marguerite has seen the German buildup first hand. To confirm her information, the Americans send out a reconnaissance patrol.