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Diary of a Sergeant (1945)

ALL 07/01/1945 (en) Documentary 22 Min
  • Release
    07/01/1945
  • Production
    United States War Department
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Diary of a Sergeant
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.

  1. Joseph M. Newman

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Alfred Drake

    Harold Russell (voice) (uncredited)

  2. Harold Russell

    Himself (uncredited)

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Casts : 2 , Crews : 1

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Diary of a Sergeant (1945) 22 Min

ALL 07/01/1945 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 07/01/1945
  • Production
    United States War Department
  • Original title Diary of a Sergeant
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Joseph M. Newman

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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