By June 1942, the Nipponese naval forces has brush across the Pacific Ocean. In an attempt to alter the course of study of the war, a United state bearer grouping is position off the seashore of Midway, task with jump a trap on the enemy. During this polar conflict, the two-man crew of a United States government naval forces dive bomber is coerce to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their companion for deliverance; viz., the rabble crew of a PBY Catalina, who are send to seek for survivor. Amid the huge openness of the Pacific Ocean, with years pass and the opportunity of deliverance attenuation, the men are coerce to confront their own mortality.