Two friends arrive back from Vietnam, scarred in different ways. One has physical injuries, the other has mental problems that make him yearn to be a bird, a subject he has always been fascinated with.
Harry and Sally are familiar from the time of creation. They studied together, come to the rescue of each other in any life scrapes, helping in the search for a loved one. Even when they lose sight of each other, fate brings them again and again. They are best friends for a thousand years.