대학을 관두고 입대하며 이라크로 가게 된 의무병 체리(톰 홀랜드). 그가 유일하게 마음 둘 곳은 사랑하는 연인 에밀리(시애라 브라보), 하나다. 그러나 전쟁 트라우마를 안고 돌아온 그의 삶은 마약과 범죄로 얼룩지고, 세상에 그가 자리할 곳을 찾기 위한 고군분투가 이어진다.

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.

A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the hospital where a Major comes by and explains how army doctors make important advances in medical science. The private is inspired and promises to make a good soldier. He is even more inspired when a nurse becomes his superior officer.