Spurred on by his desire to fight, Jack leaves his home to enlist. As a nurse, Lizzie, is disheartened when her brother enlists, and hopes that he isn't sent home to be looked after in one of her wards. Young reporter Bert, with a yearning to hear the stories from the soldiers in the frontlines, chooses to become a war correspondent. With the war, their driving factor, these young people journey overseas, forging new adventures as their worlds entwine. Their lives, are captured in their letters, during a time that the only communication was handwritten. Will they survive, return home, or will the next letter, be their last letter?