Tag: Harold Russell

Short film tracks a traumatic injury and amazing recovery

Put out by the U.S. War Department in 1945, “Diary of a Sergeant” was directed by two-time Academy Award nominee Joseph M. Newman while serving as a Major in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. It tells the story of Harold Russell, a soldier who lost both hands in a training accident when an explosive device detonated prematurely. It follows him […]
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“The Best Years of Our Lives”

Groundbreaking for its time, this film was released in 1946, just after WWII ended. Based on a book written by journalist/war correspondent MacKinlay Kantor and published in 1945, it deals with the trials faced by millions of American Veterans and their families, as the men returned home from “The War.”  One of the great classics in the history of American […]
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