A young Scottish soldier wakes up, hungover, and is told by the soldier living with him that he got incredibly drunk the night before and was angry with the leadership around him. The soldier goes to apologize to the others and runs into a woman in the elevator. She is a British woman who is leaving her husband who had been stationed abroad for an American pilot fighting in the war. The soldier notes that she is very pretty and he hates her. He tries to think about his wife and realizes he cannot remember her face. He knows she is a good person, and remembers having loved her. Still, he cannot remember what she looks like. He goes about his day and goes to a bar later with his roommate. He angrily complains about the war and the way the world currently is. His roommate says that he thinks the soldier needs to be with a girl. The soldier agrees and goes on a double date with his roommate. He does not like the girl, and tells her all about his wife after they dance. The girl leaves to go dance with someone else, and he takes a cab to a bar with soldiers. He thinks about how his wife hasn’t written in two months and decides to plead with his Colonel for time off in order to see his wife. When he arrives, he discovers the old Colonel had moved out and a new one moved in. He leaves without asking for time off and goes back to where he has been staying to sleep.