It's 1917, and fifteen-year-old Homer Russell Turner has secretly left home to enlist in the United States Army. Join him on his stateside and overseas journey from boyhood to manhood as he navigates and builds the road to war with the 7th Engineers. Share in his friendships, hardships, losses, and victories in this captivating tale based on a true story guided by entries recorded in his handwritten journal that is over one hundred years old.