Adopted as an infant, Mel joins the church to please his Mother. In high school and college he cares more about girls than studies. He joins the Air Force after Pearl Harbor and trains as a bombardier; but the war ends before he goes overseas. Back in college he marries Marj, parties with friends but doesn’t commit adultery. He re-enlists in the Air Force to fight in Korea, where he again womanizes and has several close calls. Back home he and Marj become active in church, but Mel realizes that the church teaches falsehoods about the Bible, and they seek a new church, where the pastor leads him to Christ. He & Marj help missionaries; their daughter is a missionary in Mexico.