ヴァージニア州の町で生まれ育ったデズモンド・ドスは、第２次世界大戦が激化し周囲の人々が次々出征する中、彼は人を殺さず助けるならと衛生兵として陸軍に志願する。厳しい訓練には耐えていたが、銃に触れることを断固拒絶し上官と兵士たちの嫌がらせが始まる。恋人ドロシーとの結婚式の日、銃の訓練を終了せねば休暇は許可しないと言われ、命令拒否として軍法会議にかけられるが最終的に主張は認められる。1945年、沖縄。「ハクソー・リッジ」に到着した第77師団の兵士たちだったが武器を持たない彼はには過酷な戦いが待ち受けていた。

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!

A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.

Filmmaker River Hagg travels to war-torn Syria, in hopes of documenting the war between the YPG and ISIS. He eventually finds himself in a volunteer unit, the only medics on the battlefield.

Raymond Carlson remembers his older brother, a medic killed in action in the Vietnam War when Raymond was only seven years old. The impact of that loss lingers today more than fifty years later.

About trauma, resilience and post-traumatic growth in the medics who served with Australia's special forces in Afghanistan. From losing mates in the battlefield to treating horrifically injured Afghan kids in remote surgical theatres.

Casey Conklin joined the 3rd Ranger Battalion as a medic, because he always believed they were the toughest group around. After his experience in the Battle of Mosul in Iraq and receiving his Ranger tab, he doesn't question how tough he is. After returning home, he finds that he still must challenge himself to stay healthy and redefine toughness at home.