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CBS NEWS SPECIAL: CHARLIE COMPANY AT HOME: THE VETERANS OF VIETNAM (TV)
Summary
This "CBS News Special" is a follow-up report on the men of Charlie Company and their lives following the end of the Vietnam War. Portraits include: medic Richard Howe who objects to television's portrayal of Vietnam vets as crazy; Glen Hindley, happy with his new life in Colorado; "Killer" Lyman Dunnock who disapproves of amnesty; George Rivera who hasn't worked since the war; and the well-liked Capt. Bob Jackson, a professional soldier forced to quit because of cancer. Morton discusses troubles encountered by Vietnam vets and speaks with Max Cleland, head of the V.A. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: January 17, 1978 Tuesday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:29
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T78:0089
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Vietnam War; Veterans - Social conditions; Military service, compulsory - Resistance; Amnesty; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1978
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Leslie Midgley … Executive Producer
- Ernest Leiser … Senior Producer
- Bernard Birnbaum … Producer
- Joe Gorsuch … Director
- H. Richard Mutschler … Director
- Bruce Morton … Reporter
- Max Cleland … Guest
- Richard Howe
- Glen Hindley
- Dunnock, Lyman "Killer"
- George Rivera
- Bob Jackson
- Charlie Company (Military Unit)