Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Afọ ole na ole tupu mgbe ahụ, a ghọgburu Henry ka ọ ghara ịgbazite ụlọ ma manye ya ibi nso ndị ọrụ ugbo na-arụ ọrụ ugbo na mpụga obodo Marietta, Mississippi ma soro nwunye ya Laura, ụmụ ha nwanyị, na nna ya na-akpa ókè agbụrụ, Pappy, kwaga ebe ahụ. Ezinụlọ Jackson, nke onye ọrụ ugbo Hap na nwunye ya Florence na-edu, na-arụ ọrụ n'ubi owu nke ugbo ahụ ma na-arọ nrọ inwe ala nke ha otu ụbọchị. Ka Agha IIwa nke Abụọ malitere, Jamie na nwa nwoke nke okenye nke Jacksons, Ronsel, sonyere United States Army Air Corps na US Army, n'otu n'otu. Ụmụ nwoke abụọ ahụ tara ahụhụ n'agha siri ike na
Ụlọ ihe nkiri Europe dịka Jamie na-agba bọmbụ B-25 na Ronsel na-achịkwa tankị. Ronsel hụkwara otu nwanyị Germany ọcha n'anya. Ka ọ dịgodị, na Mississippi, ezinụlọ abụọ ahụ nọgidere na-ebi n'ịda ogbenye ma na-akwado ibe ha site ná mkpa. Mgbe a ga-egbu nne ịnyịnya ibu nke ezinụlọ Jackson, Henry kwuru na ya ga-enye nne ịnyịnya ibu ya ma were ọkara ihe ubi nke ezinụlọ Jackson kwụọ ụgwọ; na-ahapụ ndị ezinụlọ Jackson enweghị nhọrọ ọzọ ma ọ bụghị ịnakwere. Florence na-enyekwara ezinụlọ McAllan aka mgbe ụmụ ha nwanyị abụọ na-arịa ọrịa ụkwara nta; mgbe ahụ Laura na-enye Florence ọrụ na-enyere aka ilekọta ụmụ ya nwanyị na-adịgide adịgide. Hap, bụ́ onye ụkọchukwu nke ndị isi ojii bi n'ógbè ahụ, dara mgbe ọ na-enye aka n'iwu ụlọ chọọchị, gbajie ụkwụ ya, nke a mekwara ka ọ ghara inwe ike ịrụ ọrụ n'ubi ya. Laura na-ezuru ego n'ebe di ya na-edebe ego ka dọkịta wee nwee ike ịgwọ Hap nke ọma, nke na-ewute Henry nke ukwuu ma na-eme ka alụmdi na nwunye ha na-enweghị obi ụtọ ka njọ.