The saga of John Hollis continues as he is promoted, wounded and completes his combat tour. He returns home and marries his childhood sweetheart, Jessie. He receives a training command in Florida secure that his days of bombing are over. Eventually, however, he is trained to fly the new, dangerous B-29. He is sent to India to fly missions over the Hump and then to the Marianas to bomb Japan. Watching the cities burn below him he realizes he cannot continue killing.