1991, Michigan; after years of an empty marriage a WW2 veteran is buried and his daughter delivers a eulogy while her mother, Ethel Ann, sits out on the church porch. Meanwhile a young Ulsterman, excavating the crash of an American B52 bomber, finds a ring and is determined to return it to the woman who once owned it. Back in the past, on the eve of WW2, we find Ethel Ann young, lively, optimistic and in love.