Unter der Leitung von Lt. Davidson wird im Dezember 1941 eine Gruppe von neun Krankenschwestern in die Kampfgebiete des Pazifikkrieges abgeordnet. Können sie der Hölle von Corregidor auf dem fernöstlichen Kriegsschauplatz entrinnen?

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.

Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.