Vroegtijdig schoolverlater Cherry (Tom Holland) gaat bij het leger en wordt hospik in Irak. Zijn enige houvast is zijn grote liefde Emily (Ciara Bravo). Wanneer hij na de oorlog terugkeert met PTSS, glijdt hij af naar een wereld van drugs en misdaad.
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.