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Jim-Bob falls in love with a young woman who is struggling to decide whether or not to become a nun. Meanwhile, Ben hires a mill hand with an alcohol problem.

Ike has a heart attack from the stress of war-time shortages, and the Waltons pitch in to keep the store going. Meanwhile, Ben and Jim-Bob build a sorghum mill to produce molasses.

Home on leave from his ship in the South Pacific, Ashley Longworth, Jr. asks Erin to marry him immediately. Erin is thrilled, but begins to have doubts when Ashley tells her he has vowed never to enter a church again.

The war seems very close to Walton’s Mountain as two young English orphans seek refuge from the German blitzkrieg, everyone in the family becomes involved in military preparations and Jim-Bob rebuilds an old short-wave radio, which he uses to communicate with people under siege in England. Olivia’s faith in God is tested by the horrors of the oncoming war and by events within her community and her family. Part 1 of 2.

Elizabeth loses the use of her legs in an accident, and the Walton family members adjust to the tragedy in their own ways.

Ben’s tactics for selling used cars alienate both family and friends.

The Walton family helps an old friend of John-Boy’s who is convinced he has no future because has been physically disabled during World War II. Ben and Ike become “song and dance men” as their contribution on the war effort.

Olivia seeks help from the Pickett defense plant for a day nursery for the children of the defense workers but encounters much difficulty. When Corabeth discovers a perfumed handkerchief in her husband’s pocket, she suspects the worst of Ike.