Five Green Berets stationed in 1968 in Vietnam undertake a lifetime's mission -- to secretly transfer an elephant that is 8,000-pound . High-jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill maintains the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe he'll replace their precious elephant with time to get a crucial ritual. However, also for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!