After the Korean War, an Air Force pilot meets the family of his KIA navigator and recalls, in flashbacks, the circumstances of their ordeal after being shot down.

Air Force test pilot Pike Yarnell reluctantly attends the memorial service for long-dead Donald Beasley, his navigator during the Korean War, recalling in flashbacks their painful days together on a life raft. In Beasley's hometown, Pike is repelled by Donald's wealthy mother's enshrinement of her dead son; bemused at Donald's younger sister Pat's frankly-amorous pursuit of her; and increasingly charmed by his attractive widow Christina. What will the final flashback reveal?—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>