After the Civil War, a Texan who served in the Union army comes back home to find himself ostracized by his neighbors for having fought against the Confederacy. On top of that, he finds that his younger brother is now the sheriff, and is ruling the town with an iron hand.
En Guadalcanal, un sargento de la marina es testigo de como un capitán asesina a uno de sus hombres para ocultar su incompetencia, pero teme que no le crean a causa de su rango de su jefe.