When the war ended and the soldiers were free to go home, many of them had no home to go back to, and unfortunately many turned to crime to survive.With little or no law in the West, these misplaced persons became expert shysters and descended upon the ranchers and business men. They made their living by cheating, stealing and fraud and even murder. They made their way West while the pickings were good, until one of them met a reluctant cowboy that brought them to a timely end.
When the West was the West and cowboys still worked the range. A cowboy named Ben O'Shannon tried to live the life he loved but was erroneously accused of being a rustler and murderer. He was shot and on the run. To clear his name, he was helped by no other than the wife of the murdered man. With information the two had gathered, Ben took to the trail to track down the real rustlers and the murderer. What he found out about the sheriff and banker surprised him and made it hard to bring the rustlers to justice. With the help of the murdered man's wife, the U.S. Marshall was contacted and the rustlers and Ben were arrested. But Ben was later proved to be not guilty. Ben cleared his name and rode off into the sunset.
A private soldier encounters reality when he is assigned to Korea in 1947 after the Second World War. He is brought to physical and mental exhaustion while trying to cope with the demanding requirements of the time.He finds love with a Japanese girl and is betrayed by her when he finds out that she is contraband property.When the war comes, he loses a close Korean friend to a land mine.He is surrounded and is almost captured. He experiences the horrible sights of the battlefields.He has to fight his way out of encirclement at the Chosen Reservoir and down the snow covered mountains of North Korea.On the way down the mountain, his truck is shot out from under him, and he is reported missing in action.Having served four years in the Far East, he was on the first ship that came back to the states.