Forces-at-Play

In love, and hoping to avoid the draft, Atticus and Noel secretly marry at City Hall. Their happiness is interrupted by a fateful letter from the Selective Service; the forces-at-play have ordered Atticus to report for active duty. The night before Atticus departs, he picks up a six-pack at the corner liquor store. He blurts his fate to Wally, the owner, who attempts to console him. Wally says he'd also been drafted and served as a combat Marine in World War II...but, in the middle of his s...