A platoon loses contact with their commanders and finds themselves stuck in the vast forests with no way out. Plagued by despair and the constant sightings of their fallen comrades, the soldiers begin to succumb to ill health and madness.

Mai Toan leaves his studies at the Music Academy to join the army. One day, he is assigned to escort Cam - a prisoner back to the rear for extraction.

A couple falls in love, but soon gets separated by the jealous patriarch of their Hmong village.

Defectors from Hitler's army join the French Foreign Legion and end up in Vietnam in the late '40s.