Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
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William Boyd
Bill Thatcher
James Gleason
Jim Mobley
Lew Cody
Lew Cavanaugh
Zasu Pitts
Fritzi Mobley
Marion Shilling
Ina
Russell Gleason
Bud
Lissy Arna
Katherina
Mary Carr
Bud's Mother
Fred Scott
Fred
Theodore von Eltz
Major Sparks
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