It is the early 1990s, and the Schoenfeldts are an all-American family that have a long-standing family tradition; every generation one of the members go to war. From the Franco-Prussian War to the Vietnam War each generation has sent a son to fight. Robert Schoenfeldt is 18 and deciding on his path. His sister Vera has just passed away and his parents Helen and Ernest are still reeling from the aftermath.