Despite not setting foot on the battlefield, a medic witnesses the physical and emotional trauma experienced by American soldiers as he tends to their wounds and attempts to work through his own experience of war.

Grateful to have a reason to escape the brutality of war, an injured American soldier is happy to be in the care of nurses and medics. Unfortunately, the doctor's decision leaves him grappling for reasons to keep fighting.

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

An American veteran who watched his friend drown in a field of excrement in Vietnam drives in circles around the lake in his hometown ruminating on how he might have saved his friend, won a Silver Star for valor, and made his father proud.

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.

A young Marine veteran is able to live despite grave injuries due to the mechanization of his body — but his strange and formidable metal appearance leaves him shunned by the very society he fought to protect.

When a woman’s husband accepts his army commission for World War II, the woman can only watch with despair as her husband's battalion joins the ranks of those expected to perish in war.

A solider who cope with his crippling traumatic stress by getting drunk, finally decides to work through his past with an Air Force psychiatrist.

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

Lying in the hospital, a soldier fights the pain and the memories of war while facing the decision to undergo a lobotomy.