Produced by the Army Signal Corps, which used Japanese and American film footage, this documentary relates events during four years of World War II's Pacific Theater. The story begins with the retreat from the Philippines and continues through the Japanese surrender.
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.
After surviving a plane crash, a couple tries to find out why one of the passengers was carrying four wills for a million dollars, with each one naming him as the beneficiary.