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.

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.

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

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.

Despite his initial excitement at being drafted as an aidman in the war, a young man soon realizes that the demands of the job are far more than what he expected.

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

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 robot spends his days taking care of a jaded and disabled veteran. One night, a burglar breaks into the bedroom and threatens the veteran's life.

An exhausted Union soldier carries the leg of his deceased comrade for miles in order to deliver it to the comrade's betrothed — but when he arrives at her house, the soldier does not receive the warm welcome that he expected.

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