After Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, an alcoholic leaves her apartment to loot—but when she's gravely injured by sharp debris, she has to rely on the kindness of others to reach safety in a dog-eat-dog world.

Two American soldiers lost in a Japanese jungle must slowly come to accept their mortality.

While a howitzer liaison for an American military unit in Afghanistan returns home on parental leave, his unit embarks on a mission to find two missing soldiers and finds a possibly permanent replacement for him.

A Navy SEAL in Afghanistan asks the Virgin Mary for a miracle out on the battlefield.

Four men on an Antarctic expedition at the tail end of World War I survive a near death experience when their sleds nearly falls into a crevasse. The events that follow are chilling and unexplainable, leading all but one of them to block out the memory of it for good.

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.

Searching for her closest companion from the Iraq War, a soldier ventures into a rural town in Vermont, hoping to find him alive. When she discovers him, he is alive, but suffering a fate worse than death.

Two enemies become inextricably linked when one chooses mercy.

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.

Aboard the Hopi Victory, a shipman falls overboard and the rest of the crew take action to save him.