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One Who Came Back (1951)

One Who Came Back poster
Directed by
Owen Crump
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
21 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows an American soldier who is wounded in the Korean War. It shows his rescue from behind enemy lines and his journey back to the United States.

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What happens

One Who Came Back is a 1951 American short documentary film produced by Owen Crump and the National Organization of Disabled American Veterans in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense and the Association of Motion Picture Producers, about an American soldier wounded in the Korean War, rescued from behind enemy lines and transported back to the United States. It was distributed by all film companies free of charge. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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