당시 군의관으로 일하던 쿄지는 매독환자를 수술 하던 중 메스에 손을 베어 자신도 매독에 걸리고 만다. 어려운 환경 때문에 치료도 제대로 못한 쿄지는 전쟁이 끝나고 고향으로 돌아오지만 매독 때문에 약혼자와의 결혼까지 포기한다. 쿄지는 자신이 매독에 걸렸단 사실을 비밀로 하지만 간호사인 미네기시는 매독치료약이 없어진 사실을 눈치챈다.

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.

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.

Untrained, volunteer Nurses from America treat Allied soldiers behind and on the lines in France. They face the horrors of war, fight off the attentions of soldiers and face their own loneliness.

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