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II. Film and Television (listed chronologically)

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1971), Director: George McCowan, television movie
Rolling Thunder (1977), Director: John Flynn
The Deer Hunter (1978), Director: Michael Cimino

Good Guys Wear Black (1979), Director: Ted Post
Uncommon Valor (1983), Director: Ted Kotcheff
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Director: George P. Cosmatos

The Hanoi Hilton (1987), Director: Lionel Chetwynd
MIAs -- We Can Keep Them Forever (1987), BBC documentary
In Love and War (1987), Director: Paul Aaron, television movie
Americans Abandoned (1992), Producer: Gary Ferman Lane

PBS Newshour, Tuesday, April 13, 1993