Throughout the build up to dday at 1944, the British found their island hosting many thousands of American soldiers that were"oversexed, overpaid, and over here". That is Charlie Madison exactly. He knows all of the angles to create life as possible for themself and risk-free smooth. But things become complicated when he falls for an English woman, and the nervous breakdown of his commanding officer contributes to Charlie being delivered to some assignment that is senseless and dangerous.