Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Em 1939, Sakura Nishi é uma jovem enfermeira do exército é enviada para hospitais de campanha na China durante a guerra sino-japonesa. Ela tem de ajudar o cirurgião Dr. Okabe com um número incrível de amputações. Nas enfermarias cheias, ela mostra solidariedade para com alguns soldados, inclusive prestando serviços sexuais a alguém que perdeu os dois braços e não tem esperança de regressar a casa. Ela apaixona-se pelo Dr. Okabe e segue-o até à frente, mesmo ele sendo impotente por causa do vício da morfina.
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
The last days of the Great Patriotic War take place in a military hospital.
A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.