[3][4] Jack is a United States Army Air Forces pilot with a mission to carry out the first US bombing run on Tokyo.

The next day, his unconscious body is discovered by a local widow named Ying, who lives with her daughter Nunu weaving silk.

The Japanese army sends search patrols in the jungle and Ying is forced to bring Jack into her house.

One day, while Nunu is in her school, the IJA Captain Shimamoto comes into Ying's house and attempts to rape her, only to be shot in the head by Jack.

The teacher then rushes to Ying's house with Nunu and on confronting Jack, reveals that he is with the Chinese guerrillas.

50 years later, an elderly Jack writes a letter to a grown-up Nunu saying that he was truly in love with her mother and despite missing her everyday, he has come to peace with himself.