Closing the Ring (2007)

In Kentucky, 1941, the wild and beautiful Ethel is courted by three friends, Jack, Chuck and Teddy, all of whom, unsurprisingly, are smitten with Ethel. But it is Teddy who becomes her sweetheart, and when the three friends are sent to the war in Europe, Teddy wears a gold ring given to him by Ethel as her promise of eternal love.

On their last night together, Teddy makes his friends swear that if anything should happen to him, one of them must look after Ethel. Choosing the ever reliable Chuck, Jack is crushed.

When Teddy’s B-17 bomber crashes in Belfast, a young Irish boy named Quinlan is witness to Teddy’s dying wish, to return the ring to Ethel and tell her she’s free to make her own choice. As the flames engulf the plane wreck, the frightened Quinlan is unable to snatch the ring in time and never speaks of the event again.