▁Don ▁begins ▁interview ing ▁external ▁candidates ▁( to ▁P ete ' s ▁ch agr in ). ▁The ▁most ▁prom ising ▁candidate ▁proves ▁to ▁be ▁H erman ▁" D uck " ▁Phill ips , ▁who ▁" land ed ▁American ▁Airlines ", ▁but ▁is ▁looking ▁for ▁a ▁job ▁after ▁alco hol ism ▁and ▁an ▁extr amar ital ▁affair ▁ended ▁his ▁career ▁at ▁Y & R ' s ▁London ▁office . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁partners ▁leave ▁for ▁the ▁day , ▁the ▁Ster ling ▁Cooper ▁ad ▁men ▁throw ▁a ▁ra uc ous ▁party ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁president ial ▁election , ▁but ▁see ▁their ▁client ▁and ▁preferred ▁choice , ▁Richard ▁N ixon , ▁defeated . ▁ ▁Further ▁flash back s ▁revol ve ▁around ▁Dick ▁Whit man ' s ▁origin ▁story ▁in ▁the ▁Korean ▁War , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁is ▁put ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁a ▁Lieutenant ▁Donald ▁Dra per , ▁who ▁is ▁soon ▁to ▁be ▁sent ▁home . ▁After ▁an ▁attack , ▁an ▁accident al ▁explos ion ▁k ills ▁Dra per ▁and ▁inj ures ▁Whit man . ▁Whit man ▁switch es ▁dog ▁tags ▁with ▁his ▁lieutenant ▁and ▁assumes ▁Dra per ' s ▁identity ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁war . ▁The ▁Army ▁has ▁" Dra per " ▁take ▁Whit man ' s ▁body ▁back ▁to ▁Whit man ' s ▁family . ▁The ▁coff in ▁is ▁dropped ▁off ▁by ▁train , ▁and ▁Whit man ▁does ▁not ▁exit ▁to ▁gre et ▁his ▁family , ▁but ▁a ▁young ▁Adam ▁sees ▁Whit man ▁standing ▁inside