The movie does well at showing what soldiers returning from overseas had to face when they came back home.  Freddy comes home to learn that his wife has found a new job and moved in with herself, Mr. Stevenson(AL) finds that he is entitled to an even better job (unlike Fred) and Homer faces the tough task of adjusting to life in general with artificial hands.  Although it may seem that Homer faces the most psychological challenge, Freddy also faces challenges of confronting his past, as war memories seem to haunt him sporadically throughout the movie.  The wives of the soldiers also seem to be portrayed in extremes; Homer's wife supports him and shows her love for him more than the other two and Freddy's wife gave him a hard as they end up divorcing.  I would talk more about Al, but he just seems to have no problems at all at adjusting with the exception of maybe an acute fondness of drinking. -James Drury

The movie does well at showing what soldiers returning from overseas had to face when they came back home.  Freddy comes home to learn that his wife has found a new job and moved in with herself, Mr. Stevenson(AL) finds that he is entitled to an even better job (unlike Fred) and Homer faces the tough task of adjusting to life in general with artificial hands.  Although it may seem that Homer faces the most psychological challenge, Freddy also faces challenges of confronting his past, as war memories seem to haunt him sporadically throughout the movie.  The wives of the soldiers also seem to be portrayed in extremes; Homer's wife supports him and shows her love for him more than the other two and Freddy's wife gave him a hard as they end up divorcing.  I would talk more about Al, but he just seems to have no problems at all at adjusting with the exception of maybe an acute fondness of drinking. -James Drury