War on the Porch

<p>On a hot July day in 1918 along the banks of the Marne River in Northern France an incredible tale of heroism bravery leadership selflessness and perseverance unfolds on a World War I battlefield. A squad of Doughboys is given the secret mission to infiltrate the German lines and gather intelligence before the Second Battle of the Marne. A mission so cloaked in secrecy that it was hidden for fifty years. That is until a hot July day in 1968 when Patrick King one of the soldiers on the mission who was blinded in the execution of it reveals it in vivid detail to a reporter. With his wife Pauline by his side on their porch in Bald Knob Arkansas Patrick shares his story which becomes much more than a reporter getting a story: a journey of healing for both him and the reporter Gordon Grover a World War II veteran.</p><p></p><p>Travel back in time when stories were told on your grandparents' porch and when heroes sat right next to you.</p>