IN EARLY 1942, just months after Pearl Harbor, a young attorney from a small Indiana town joined the U.S. Army, determined to serve his country as war engulfed the globe. A year later, in 1943, a young music teacher from that same small town joined the American Red Cross, her mission to boost troop morale overseas. Never did their paths cross during World War II, never did their duties - wildly different - overlap. But the two were united...