A young woman meets a World War II soldier on a train to California and takes pity on the lonely and displaced life he has become indifferent to.

A soldier stumbles to the doorstep of a friend in Paris after World War II, begging to tell the story of his lost comrade to anyone who will listen.

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 a soldier decides to leave the Vietnam War and travel to Paris by foot, his squad and lieutenant follow his path through miles of mountains to search for him.

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

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 Italian teenager who served in World War II alongside American soldiers no longer has any living relatives in Italy. A friend who is a Black soldier offers to house him, but the Consul wants to keep the two races separate.

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