When Harry Wright becomes the butt of a practical joke that goes haywire, he is falsely accused of assault and loses his one hope for a future. Lonely and hopeless in a war zone, through a chance encounter he falls in love at first sight, and it appears all his misfortunes are reversed. Suddenly the violence of war slams the door of his new-found destiny shut. An explosion destroys his memory and every clue to the young woman's identity. When his memory returns, she is gone. And finding her depends on discovering one final element: reality.