Rock Hudson (Dean Hess). Co-starring Martha Hyer (Mary Hess), Dan Duryea (Sergeant Herman), Don DeFore (Captain Dan Skidmore), Anna Kashfi (En Soon Yang), Jock Mahoney (Major Moore). With Carl Benton Reid (Deacon Edwards). Alan Hale, Jr. (mess sergeant); James Edwards (Lieutenant Maples); Richard Loo (General Kim); Philip Ahn (old man, Lu Ahn); Bartlett Robinson (General Timberidge); Simon Scott (Lieutenant Hollis); Teru Shimada (Korean official); Carleton Young (Major Harrison); Jung 'Kyoo Pyo (Chu); Art Millan (Captain Reardon); William Hudson (Navy lieutenant); Paul Sorenson (sentry); Phil Harvey (Lt. Thompson); Warren Hsieh (Li); James Hong (Maj. Chang); Ralph Ahn and Stanley Cha (ROK officers); May Lee (Korean woman spy); Kenneth Osmond (Tommy Peterson); Reg Parson (Lt. Lang); Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Peterson); Steve Pendleton (capt. in control room); Kenneth MacDonald (three-star general); Robert Brubaker (briefing officer); Fred Nurney (old man); Glen Denning and Steven Hayes (observors); Ashley Cowan (operator); Kay Stewart (young matron); Frank Chase (sailor); Steve Wayne (Navy man); Warren Lee (Korean boy); Margaret Bert (cleaning woman); Angelia De Witt (German woman); George Blagoi (German man); On Soon Whang (Korean woman); Daiwon Lee (clerk); General Earle E. Partridge, Paul Levitt, Alan De Witt, John Truax, George Hickman, Ron Brown, H.W. Gim; children from the Orphans Home of Korea

The explosive, true story of a man of God turned fighter pilot who fought and prayed his way through 300 combat missions and two wars. Author Dean E. Hess is the subject of this inspiring autobiography, Battle Hymn, first published in 1956, which tells of his experiences as a U.S. Air Force colonel, including his involvement in the so-called "Kiddy Car Airlift" during the Korean War on December 20, 1950. With the airfield over capacity, Hess sent Korean orphans to an orphanage in Seoul. When the North Korean forces began to capture the city, Hess reportedly organized 15 C-54 Skymaster aircraft to airlift 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of the Chinese advance to safety on Jeju Island. When Hess departed Korea in June 1951, a new orphanage on this island held over 1,000 Korean children. The book later served the basis for the 1957 film of the same name, where he was played by Rock Hudson

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