After the Blue Shift claims the honor of building Victory Munitions' millionth bomb, a film crew arrives to shoot a recruitment newsreel, and management chooses tough-talking farm girl Betty McRae as its star. Gladys finally confronts fiancé James Dunn about his past.

Lorna learns that her war-hero son Stanley will speak at the upcoming Armistice Day ceremony, James realizes that Gladys has secrets of her own, and the glamorous Vera Burr must decide whether she is going to help a friend or help herself.

Unaware that their daughter is working on the factory line, Gladys's parents pay an unexpected visit to Victory Munitions. Lorna grapples with a possible pregnancy, and Betty encourages Kate to stand up to her abusive father. News of an attack on Pearl Harbor puts everyone's challenges into perspective.