简介：AdaptedbyIsabelDawnandBoycedeGawfroma"RedbookMagazine"storybyMildredCramwith,apparently,noneofthethreeunderstandingmuchaboutmilitarytrialsorelsetheRayMillandcharacterwouldhaveendedupwithadishonorabledischargeandtwentyyearsintheslammer.StorybeginsatabirthdaypartygivenforVirginiadebLauraleeCurtisbyheradoringauntsNellieandEvieCurtis.WealthyYankeeGregoryChandlerclaimsthefirstdanceandspendsthenightunfoldingdazzlingvistasofyachts,wealthandfar-offromanticplacesandasksLauraleetomarryhim.Shedeclines,asproperlybrought-upsoutherngirlsdonotacceptfirst-nightproposalsor,mostofthetime,propositions.ButthischangeswhennavyflyersLieutenantsStonyGilchristandJackFurnessmakeaforcedlandingontheCurtisplantation,anditisacaseofloveatfirstsightwhenLauraleemeetsStony,evidentlybecauseLauraleeandStonyaretheonlytwopeopleatthepartywithBritishaccents.ShemarrieshimandfollowshimtoHonolulu.ButtheNavybungalowisabitdrab---"pitifullydrab"tobeexact---foragoodoldgirlfromasouthernplantation,andsheisn'ttookeenaboutairplanesflyingoverthehousealldayeveniftheyareonaNavalbaseand,forgoodnessgracioussakes,ol'Stony'sdutiesforcehimtostayawayfromhomeattimes.Meanwhile,GregorysailshisyachtintotheharborwiththeexpresspurposeofwinningLauraleeawayfromStony,whichisnotsurprisingforadamnYankee.Sheassuresthecadthatshelovesherhusbandmorethaneverbut...shewillattendapartyonhisyachtsinceStonyistiedupdoingwhateveritishedoesandagirljustcan'tstaycoopedupallthetimeandshereckonsthereisnothingwronginthat.ButStonycomeshomeearly,findsoutwheresheisgoingandreckonsotherwise.TheyquarrelandLauraleehiesherselfontotheparty,whichendsuponaslummingexcursiontoadisreputablecaféwhereadrunkmakesapassatLauralee,andGregory,miffedthatsomeoneotherthanheisouttospoilLauralee'shonor,fightsthedrunk.AllthreearehauledtojailandthestoryisalloverHonolulu'smorningnewspapers.Grief-strickenandnotwishingtobringfurthershameonStony,LauraleesendswordsheisleavinghimforGregoryChandler.Stonyisn'tbuyinganyofthatandhestealsaNavyplaneandgoesinsearchofChandler'syacht.TocompoundhistheftofUnitedStatesgovernmentproperty,Stonyalsomanagestocrashsaidproperty.Heoffersnodefenseathiscourtmartial,sincedoingsowouldinvolvehiswife'sgood(albeitsomewhattarnished)name.ButLauraleeshowsupandtellsthecourtmartialboarditwasallherfault,andtheboardreckonsthatunderthesecircumstancesStonyshouldberestoredtofulldutyandrankbuttransferredtoanotherbase.Inreallife,ofcourse,hisnextbasewouldhavebeenthefederalprisonatFortLeavenworth,Kansasdoingahard-dutytwentyyearsbehindthebars.…