Good Night, Irene

Fifty years later, Dorothy stands in a field, thinking about the war and her Clubmobile days. Staring at the gravestones in her family’s field, Dorothy wonders if she is the last of the “Donut Dollies.” Although she has not been to her family’s farm in years, she feels grateful that she can finally pay her respects. She looks back at her granddaughter, Dolly, who just graduated high school. As a graduation gift for Dolly, Dorothy, her daughter Andrea, and Dolly are now traveling around America. Andrea joins her mother by the gravestones and thinks about everything that Dorothy survived. Andrea looks back at the truck she rented for the three of them to drive around America. Dorothy jokes with Andrea that Dolly is now the Third Girl in the Truck. Andrea helps Dorothy sit down, and Dolly joins them. Dorothy tells them that their next stop is to visit the grave of her dearest friend.

Irene lives on the Woodward farm. Everything in the house reminds her of the war because she only decorates it with old pictures and memorabilia. She thinks about the soldier on the train before she left for war and realizes that he was right about the nature of survival.