Un aspirant a marine fracassa a l'entrenament bàsic i és enviat a casa. Es troba amb un veterà, que el deixa llençat a la carretera amb un uniforme d'heroi.

A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform. A small Colorado town takes him in, treating him like the hero he appears to be.