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Gardens of Stone

The story of the war at home, and the people who lived through it.

Rating 6.2 / 10Release May 5, 1987Runtime 111 min

At Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam era, veteran sergeant Clell Hazard trains young soldiers while mourning those lost in combat. Unable to return to war himself, he mentors Jackie Willow—the idealistic son of a fallen comrade—hoping to prepare him for the realities of Vietnam and the cost of duty.

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