1965, aube de la guerre du Vietnam. Lors d'une mission secrète, Dieter Dengler, pilote de l'armée américaine, est abattu au-dessus du Laos. Retenu en pleine jungle, l'ennemi lui inflige les pires tortures et humiliations. Décidé à lutter pour sa survie, Dieter organise une évasion…
L'histoire se déroule durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Des prisonniers de guerre britannique, français, hollandais et polonais qui ont fait plusieurs tentatives d'évasion sont envoyés à l'Oflag IV-C, un schloss, c'est-à-dire un fort, censé être sécurisé. Ils se retrouvent en Saxe, au coeur de l'Allemagne nazie. Au début, les différentes nationalités réfléchissent à des plans de fuite séparément, jusqu'à ce qu'un officier supérieur britannique suggère une coopération. S'ensuivent plusieurs autres tentatives d'évasion, qui pour certaines réussissent, pour d'autres non…
Un héros de la guerre de Corée décorée collabore inexplicablement avec l'ennemi alors enterré dans un camp de prisonniers de guerre et est en cour martiale.
Panic arises among Allied POWs aboard a Japanese freighter when they learn that the ship is actually a decoy target for American submarines on night patrol. The prisoners unite and attack their Japanese captors just as an American sub surfaces and, not knowing the prisoners are aboard, prepares to torpedo the ship.
A group of military prisoners must fight off a terrorist attack on their prison which, unbeknownst to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility.
Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, is unexpectedly in the middle of the jungle as an inexperienced soldier. At first, Jorge is confident that military experience makes you a recognized and respected man. But he finds out that the reality is very different; as the private may face neglect, hunger, death and nature, especially human nature. Captive in an enemy camp, Jorge must discover who he has become as he recovers from his injuries and struggles to escape with his fellow prisoner Hugo or stay there under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores. Difficult decisions ... beyond the target and border that divides them are abound.
Documentary directed by Tom Kleespie inspired from Korean War veterans who recall memories both painful and patriotic, putting a human face on an often forgotten conflict. Stories include wartime recollections, such as one soldier's first moments seeing a MiG fighter up close, and veterans' often-tragic experiences returning home, where Americans largely neglected to welcome them back.