After the war, Jim Travers, a woodworker who has lost a leg and was the sole support of his elderly mother, is of critical assistance to Cherry as she tracks the mysterious thief who has robbed the Veteran's Center of a medicine that can help a small boy recover from a deadly disease.

Home from the Pacific from, Cherry Ames finds that a desperate need exists for flight nurses in the European war theatre. Characteristically, Cherry immediately volunteers for air duty, undergoes the six weeks of intensive training at Randolph Field, learns how to care for the wounded who are transported by air, and proudly receives her wings and her orders for overseas duty.