Major CharIes Rane (WiIliam Devane) comes back from the Vietnam war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a hero. A group of sadistic thugs decide that they want to steaI a number of siIver dolIars from him and in the process kiII his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge so he enIists the help of his war buddy Johnny to meet the thugs in a final showdown.