Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: city town or village remained untouched, Fact2: large U.S. Army base is being established for build-up to Normandy landings, Fact3: Arizona man encounters Jean Moreton while out to cinema, Fact4: wife is thousands of miles, Fact5: kind-hearted is accepted by Moreton family notwithstanding Jean 's engagement
Output (English): This film opens with the narration: From early 1942 until the invasion of Europe over a million Americans landed in Britain. They came to serve on other battle fronts or to man the vast U.S. bases in England. Hardly a city, town or village remained untouched. A small northern town soon finds out that a large U.S. Army base is being established for the buildup to the Normandy landings. Soon thousands of rambunctious American troops, or Yanks as they are known to the British, descend upon the area. On leave in the town, an Arizona man, Technical Sergeant Matt Dyson Richard Gere, encounters Jean Moreton Lisa Eichhorn while out to the cinema. She is the fiancee of Ken, a British soldier fighting overseas, and initially rebuffs Matts advances. He is quite persistent, and she, doubtful about her relationship with Ken, eventually accepts him. The handsome, brash American sergeant is in stark contrast to the restrained Englishmen she has known. Soon, she is keeping company with Matt, though it is largely platonic at first. For her part, Helen Vanessa Redgrave is a bit more worldly in her affairs. Captain John William Devane comes to her estate often, and a relationship develops. They are both married, but her husband is away at sea, and his wife is thousands of miles distant. Eventually, the kindhearted Matt Dyson is accepted by the Moreton family, notwithstanding Jeans engagement. They welcome his visits, when he, as an army cook, often brings hardtofind foods normally on wartime rationing and other presents. But when news of Kens death in action arrives, Jeans ailing mother Rachel Roberts condemns their relationship as a kind of betrayal. Jean and Matt travel together to a Welsh seaside resort, where they make love but without completion. Jean is crushed, although Matt says not like this. She feels spurned, and that her willingness to risk everything has not been matched by him, concluding that he is not ready for her. Shortly afterwards, the Americans ship out by troop train to Southern England to prepare for DDay. A characteristic lastminute gift and message from Matt prompt Jean into racing to the railway station. With the town and station a hive of activity, hundreds of the townswomen, some of them pregnant from liaisons with men they may never see again, scramble to catch one last glimpse of their American boyfriends before the train leaves. Matt shouts from the departing train that he will return.