America begins frantic, last-minute preparations to defend the Philippines from the Japanese.
Jack, a recent graduate of flight school, is assigned to the 21st Pursuit Squadron fl.
Charlie, a West Point graduate, flies a B-17D with the crack 19th Bomb Group.
The Army Air Forces sends the best they have to reinforce the air defenses, including two brothers, Jack and Charlie Davis.
The Philippines garrison is untrained and poorly-equipped with weapons better suited to the Great War of 1914-1918.
America begins frantic, last-minute preparations to defend the Philippines from the Japanese