Imagine a dustbowl of an airfield as American C47s fly in to move an Indian Division to stem a Japanese attack. Eight nurses fly out with the troops. A crash landing in the jungle is the result. Picture Emma the American Puritan from New England, Georgina the English Aristocrat and their British Empire colleagues. There is a black master sergeant from Harlem and a Jewish pilot from Yonkers to add to the mix. Each experiences life in its deadly facets. We learn their histories, share their dreams, and witness attitudes change by the day. The survivors, with the monsoon imminent, seek shelter in an abandoned tin mine. They plan an ambush to get vehicles for the journey. Fighting becomes a reality. The girls experience the thrill of living away from the constraints of normality, with the added realisation that tomorrow might never come. Primeval instincts come to the fore. The monsoon over `the pride’ face the hazards of the war torn jungle, the Japanese and each their destiny. Few expected to come out of the jungle alive and for many they are right. For those who survive, nothing will ever be the same. They have lived in heaven and experienced hell.