In 1944, eighteen-year-old Bernadette Thompson leaves her Iowa home and attends training camp for the Women Airforce Service Pilots in Sweetwater Texas, where she hones her flying skills and befriends women of different backgrounds.
A history of the 442nd "Nisei" Regiment which was almost entirely made up of Japanese American men and received more medals for bravery than any other American unit its size during World War II.