Peter Wylie, a newly discharged World War II veteran, is finally on the train back home to Chicago. A gentleman sitting near him is telling a young woman about his young son who died in the war two years ago. Their conversation draws Peter back into memories of his time in the hospital, thinking of his family while surrounded by wounded and dying soldiers. He looks out the train window and thinks of his traumatic time in the air force. After three long years at war and sleeping abroad in strange places, he is finally coming back to his wife and the young son he has never met. Elsewhere, across the ocean, Hitler also looks through a window as he speeds away towards the Swiss Border. The Germans had been so close to victory, but all the soldiers sent to Russia are dead now, and he would be hanged by the British. He urges the driver to go faster. Back on the train, Peter is still listening on the conversation near him. The man is now telling the woman that American production is what really won the war. Peter happily thinks about how he will spend his time now that the war is over. His plan is to catch up with his son and indulge in trivial, mundane life at his own pace. He imagines how his reunion with his wife will go and all the memories she will share. Meanwhile, Hitler agonizes over how all his victories still were not enough. Millions of soldiers had perished in Russia, but his plan was to lay low for a few months before making his comeback. The businessman on the train is now telling the woman about how the war is not really over and more guns will be produced. Peter abruptly gets up and tells the man to leave before he kills him. The man leaves and says he would have gotten Peter arrested if not for his uniform, regardless of the armistice. The train continues on to Chicago, and Peter now thinks more grimly about what the next few years will look like and tries to delve back into peaceful memories of his family.