ByJune1942,theJapaneseNavyhassweptacrossthePacific.Inanefforttochangethecourseofthewar,aUnitedStatescarriergroupispositionedoffthecoastofMidway,taskedwithspringingatrapontheenemy.Duringthispivotalbattle,thetwo-mancrewofaU.S.Navydivebomberisforcedtoditchinthesea.Setadrift,themenlookqiwan.cctowardstheircomradesforrescue;namely,theragtagcrewofaPBYCatalina,whoaresenttosearchforsurvivors.AmidthevastopennessofthePacific,withdayspassingandthechanceofrescuefading,themenareforcedtofacetheirownmortality.