George Shibata

During the Korean War peace talks in Panmunjom, U.S. troops fight and die trying to retake a worthless hill from the Communist Chinese forces.

During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships.

When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.