Mr. narrator Tom Palmer returns with a touching celebration of the heroic paratroopers of World War II and their parachuting dogs. Jack is looking forward to the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It's his chance to learn more about the war heroes he always admires – brave men like his father, who is a reserve soldier. However, when his father is called to action and things at home start to unravel, everything Jack believed about war is turned upside down. Finding solace only in the presence of his faithful dog, Finn, Jack is drawn into the heart of the true story of a specific D-Day paratrooper. On June 6, 1944, Emile Corteil parachuted into France along with his dog, Glen – and Jack is determined to discover their fate…