A murdered shoe-shine man turns out to be a veteran who was trying to return the Bronze Star he received during the Vietnam War.A murdered shoe-shine man turns out to be a veteran who was trying to return the Bronze Star he received during the Vietnam War.A murdered shoe-shine man turns out to be a veteran who was trying to return the Bronze Star he received during the Vietnam War.
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- (as Leon Quangle)
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- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on two separate incidents:
- The Thanh Phong raid controversy surrounding Senator Bob Kerrey.
- The My Lai massacre, which occurred during the Vietnam War on March 16, 1968.
- GoofsThe funeral for the victim, Joe Eastman, was peculiar. As a veteran, he is eligible for a full funeral service paid for and conducted by members of the US Army. The playing of "Taps" on a tape recorder by a uniformed officer is not the proper portrayal of a funeral for a war veteran.
- Quotes
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: Gardner's accepted our offer of man two. She intends to ask the judge for the minimum.
Jack McCoy: A mayor and an oil executive. I'm sure she'll make a strong case. I think there were mitigating factors.
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: Based on what they did or who they are?
Jack McCoy: They were kids. Kids armed to the teeth, put in a place where most of the time they couldn't tell who was for them and who was against them. We need to be careful how we judge.
What Sam Waterston and Elizabeth Rohm find is that he was decorated for his valor during a fire fight at a village in Vietnam. But this thing turns out to be more like a mini version of My Lai.
Three men, Stephen Morehouse, Jack Willis, and Charles Brown who are all pretty successful now were in Vietnam with the deceased. They have no reason for wanting what happened over there to come out now. That makes them suspects in the eyes of the law.
The show is quite an indictment on how we treat our veterans, then and now.
- bkoganbing
- Dec 31, 2015