Kevin Connor and his family are caught up in world war two their father is in North Africa fighting the Germans the family has to cope living from day to day in war torn Britain. Lucy Kevin's sister meets and American airman Danny to the disapproval of her mother, but she warms to the young man after meeting him. Danny gets shot down over the pacific when the Japanese bomb pearl harbour and once again the world is at war he is missing in action Lucy's life is turned upside down, but good news arrives later as Danny is found by some fishermen and hidden from the Japanese. Paul Kevin's brother joins the army and he is captured by the Japanese and is imprisoned in Changi for a long time they don't know if he is dead or alive. Kevin becomes a journalist and is sent on an assignment to interview a guru who has set up a commune in Wales and finds he is a person from his past. Kevin also helps in a strange way his childhood friend Willy, who has become an alcoholic after the death of his sister. Paul is released from Changi and is in a hospital in Singapore and Kevin gets him released with the help of a General from the government department who he writes to so he can attend Lucy and Danny's wedding Paul has a problem coping with being alive when so many of his comrades have died in the prison he falls deeper into grief and turns to drink Kevin has to help him cope and he then becomes the older brother. General Armstrong who helped Kevin to get Paul home asks a favour of Kevin he has to go on a trip to Korea to identify someone caught for spying who they believe to be Kevin's father who had been killed in the Second World War