Based on letters written by Lieutenant Janet Castner during WWII.Petworth, England 1944. First Lieutenant Janet Castner is assigned to a small hospital unit when Operation Overload begins. Amid the turbulence of nursing the critically wounded GIs arriving from Normandy, her commanding officer. who knew her back in the States, and whom she has no recollection of, takes her aside and asserts his love for her. Passions flare when he wrongly suspects she and another officer are having an affair.Unbeknown to the Major, though, Janet's affection toward a seriously injured infantryman grows, Sergeant Lou Morrissey. When the Major discovers their clandestine romance, he wields his authority in order to destroy their careers and their lives forever.