When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade is a 1998 HBO television movie directed by John Irvin and starring Ron Eldard as Private / Sergeant / Second Lieutenant David Manning, who progresses from greenie to squad leader to platoon leader in C Company. Manning takes charge of a platoon of inexperienced replacement soldiers after being promoted and leads them in a mission to destroy enemy guns, with the help of Private Warren Sanderson. Despite heavy casualties, they successfully destroy the guns and secure a key bridge, but at a great cost.