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As the 1914 summer sun heats up mainland Europe, World War One crashes down across the fractured peninsula. Living in Paris, Dutchman Arthur Knaap yearns to serve, protect and defend his beloved nation and joins the Foreign Legion.

During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.

A Marine sergeant falls in love with the widow of a comrade shot in combat by their lieutenant.

Native girl helps US Seabees free her villagers from Japanese troops.

During the early Pacific war years, American seaman George Tweed is the only U.S. serviceman on Guam not captured by the Japanese forces.

A Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2.