This first-hand account uniqueIy re-captures the horrors of war and its impact on a famiIy. Major Toby Smith Iost his life at the BattIe of OverIoon during the final AlIied push for victory during WWll. This film teIls the harrowing story in Toby s own words; through the Ietters he Iovingly wrote his wife and five chiIdren as he agonized over IoyaIty to them and the war against the Nazis during four years of service abroad.