Diary of a Sergeant

Diary of a Sergeant (1945)

Harold Russell, an American soldier who lost his hands in a training accident, tells the story of his medical rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, how he and his fellow amputees at the hospital at first despaired and then found new hope in the prostheses and training available to amputees through the Army's medical corps. Russell learns to wear and to operate the hooks which replace his hands and becomes competent to perform many tasks he had once thought no longer possible. Discharged from the Army, he is welcomed into Boston College by college president William J. Murphy, S.J.

Data de estreia
1945-07-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Duração
22 min
Géneros
Documentário
Realizador
Joseph M. Newman

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Curiosidades

Diary of a Sergeant is a 1945 American short film produced by the United States Army Pictorial Service. It stars Harold Russell, who lost his hands in a military training accident in 1944. The film tells the story of his medical rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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