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

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 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.

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.

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.

When a World War II soldier returns home to San Francisco, memories of a late friend keep him from enjoying the normalcy of civilian life.

A newly discharged veteran from World War II is finally on a train back home and anticipates his return to mundane life, even if he carries the burdens of war. Elsewhere across the ocean, Hitler anticipates his return to power.

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.

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.

Going through his daily motions, a Delaware farmer stops for a second to reminisce on an intimate near-death experience he shared with a mysterious boy during World War II.