A group of Marines recall their horrifying memories of fighting on the Pacific front of World War II, while a journalist attempts to glorify their experiences for his readers.

Speaking of his past experiences, a Vietnam War veteran describes the darker, unspoken details of life as a soldier that people often overlook.

A retired army officer immerses himself in creating an honorary parade for the world war that ended over a decade prior. In his obsessions with recognizing the past, his present relationship with his family becomes strained.

Separated from his unit, an American soldier in France forms an unexpected partnership with a man who seems equally lost. Their adventures eventually lead them back to their unit, but not before they shoot down parachuters that may or may not have been their own men.

Fifteen members of the United States Marines tell stories about their time serving in Europe during World War I.

When an Iraq veteran goes missing, his friends reenact their wartime routines to lure him out of hiding.

A veteran tells his acquaintance about his darkest memories as a solider the Vietnam War.

American soldiers discuss their lives while waiting for planes to return from a mission.

During World War II, a group of French prisoners on a windowless train find a hole in the wall of their boxcar and are delighted, when they look through it, to see the countryside of their homeland.

A nameless soul is stranded on an unknown shore, watching the countless soldiers of wars long past go about their nightly activities.