Between Heaven and Hell 1956 Sam Gifford remembers In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working class people he used to despise He will become another man, a better man