A Navy transport plane, en route from Hawaii to the U.S., develops engine trouble. The pilot tries to call for help, but finds that he is unable to make radio contact.
Tells the story of the destruction of the PT109. The crew, led by future US president John F Kennedy, struggles to come up with a survival plan that will help them avoid the numerous Japanese forces in the area.
Invasion plans are held up when a minesweeper is sunk in the harbor while on active duty. The Navy hatches a daring plan to try and infiltrate the countryside and find someone who knows where the mines are laid
Chief Quartermaster Leon Sanford is overcome by a mysterious depression after performing an act of heroism aboard his ship during a Pacific typhoon. At a stateside naval hospital, Sanford's condition fails to improve.
On a foggy night in 1942, Coast Guardsman Larry Hilton is patrolling a Massachusetts beach. Offshore, a Nazi submarine surfaces and saboteurs masquerading as British seamen prepare to land.
The admiral of the fleet has to balance his duty with his personal needs after his son is seriously injured in a mine explosion and transfered to his ship to receive treatment.
Comm. Mary Sproul of the WAVES is dispatched from Washington, D.C. to escort a shipment of whole blood to Korea. Her perishable cargo deteriorates hour by hour as the aircraft develops engine trouble and bad weather delays the flight.
During World War II, three Marine airmen are isolated on a Japanese-occupied South Pacific island. They team up with the natives on the island to make raids on enemy patrols.
The drum major of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C. promises his kid brother Danny that he will be on hand for the event if Danny can enter the soapbox derby. Danny enters, but his brother finds it difficult to keep his word.
