Matt's War

Eli jenkins and Matt Jenkins, father and son. World War II and Vietnam, both served, both saw combat, but one came home with wounds that wouldn't heal. Matt Jenkins returned from Vietnam a wounded and reluctant hero. While his physical wounds heal his psychological wounds linger for years. As Matt battles his demons we are taken on an incredible journey, while Eli struggles to hold his family together.From the days of prohibition to the modern era we follow the Jenkins family, as Matt overcomes a near fatal car wreck and is reunited with the young girl he saved from certain death, during a night mission while serving in Vietnam.In a twist of fate, Matt's burgeoning new career restoring antique autos takes him to Houston, Texas, where his first commissioned work, a 1939 Cadillac is in the running for best of show. Injured while preventing a mugging in the show's parking lot, Matt is rushed to the hospital unconscious. A day later he wakes up to see the red hair of a woman he has secretly loved, ever since he first saw her while being treated for his combat wounds in Vietnam.