In his austere room at the hospital John Joseph Pershing, 83, General of the Armies, shuffles around in pajamas, reads newspapers, a few books, receives old soldier ... like his hero Abe Lincoln.

Our version of the story is told from the point of view of the Old Soldier - looking back 40 years to the time when he was a bodyguard assigned to King Menelaus in the Spartan court. As the Old ...