A weary medical officer struggles to keep watch during the night shift in a naval prison hospital, even as the prisoners begin to cause trouble.

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

When a battalion of soldiers knock on a mother’s door at dawn, she fears her secret identity will be discovered.

A Portuguese girl in Hong-Kong finds her circumstances suddenly changed with the onset of the Sino-Japanese War, and struggles to find her way out of China despite the ubiquitous presence of the Japanese officers and spiteful former lovers.

Stationed in Tokyo, Japan, Lieutenant Merriam goes on a brief visit to his family friend's home to ask about how they are maintaining his home. The encounter is polite but laced with tension and bitterswee tlonging.

A couple in a war-torn city search desperately for a door out, but as they attempt to escape the horrors of war they must leave behind their loved ones.

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

A poor but noble-blooded Chinese man seeks glory by inadvertently joining the English war effort in WWI. He works as a trench-digger, but his ambition leads him to take up arms during a battle, inspiring his fellow trench-diggers to fight with him.

A retired covert operative speaks to a class, detailing the ways he “protected” his country and how protection came at the cost of danger.

Set during the Second World War, a Czech man tells a story about his dog, in an attempt to make relatable the cruel reality of life in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to a sheltered American woman who owns a pet dog.