二战时期美国战机机枪手的故事。

A New Orleans musician has a nightmare about killing a man in a strange house but he suspects that it really happened.

Ben Halpen sets up his barber's shop at the turn of the century in Sevillinois and watches the town grow around him. Thinking it is for the best, he tries to shield his wife Nellie from the worries of the world. She finally rebels while he is away at war and takes a fateful trip to Chicago. This turns out to be the first of a number of critical family crises for Ben.

一名海军军官在二战爆发时，他再次以化名，来到珍珠港。以一个水手的身份分配到一艘扫雷舰，在那里他要单枪匹马去寻找和销毁日本的新型地雷，执行危险任务的同时保持他的真实身份是个秘密