THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO LONG TIME FRIENDS WHO ARE IN THEIR SIXTIES WHEN WE FIRST MEET THEM IN 1986. WE JOURNEY BACK TO THEIR YOUTH AND SUBSEQUENT MEETING IN CHICAGO. WE FOLLOW THEM THROUGH THEIR PROBLEMS AT HOME BEFORE GOING TO CHICAGO AFTER SEVERAL YEARS LIVING AND WORKING IN CHICAGO THEY JOIN THE ARMY WHERE THEY MEET BEN WILLIS. WHEN THEY ARE DEPLOYED TO EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. BEN IS WOUNDED AND RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES. JIM AND HAROLD SERVE OUT THEIR TIME AND THEN PROCEEDED AS BEN HAD DIRECTED THEM. AT THAT TIME THEY EMBARKED ON NEW VENTURES IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE AND BUSINESS. THEIR SUCCESS IS THE RESULT OF THE LEGACY OF BEN WILLIS .