This opera takes place during the Vietnam War and is based on the moving, true story of Colonel Jim Thompson, Americas longest-serving Prisoner of War, the torment faced by his family, and a nation divided during the Vietnam era. After being held prisoner for nearly a decade, Thompson returns home to find a wife that has moved on, a son he has never met, a nation that has all but forgotten him, and a USA that he barely recognizes, as he strains to find direction in a country that he battled to protect.