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Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television miniseries directed by Richard Michaels and E.W. Swackhamer. The picture was written by Peter S. Fischer and based on the 1968 Anton Myrer novel of the same name. The first and last installments of the seven-part series were each two-hour broadcasts, while the interim episodes were 60 minutes.
Once an Eagle is a seven-part 1976 television miniseries about the thirty year careers of two military men, from the outbreak of World War I to the aftermath...
Aug 31, 2010 · Once An Eagle is the epic story of America in the 20th Century, told through the lives of two career soldiers, spanning the tumultuous years from WWI to the Vietnam Era. Based on the best-selling novel by Anton Myrer, Once An Eagle is one of the most acclaimed mini-series of all time, alongside "Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance."
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As this seven-part miniseries opens, WWI disillusions Sgt. Sam Damon (Sam Elliott), but provides Lt. Courtney Massengale (Cliff Potts) with an opportunity to seek prestige and power.
December 2, 1976. Sam Damon, from small-town Nebraska, finds life in the U.S. Army, just prior to World War I, so appealing that he breaks off his relationship with Celia, his childhood sweetheart.
Sam Elliot and Cliff Potts give a pair of outstanding performances in this TV mini-series Once An Eagle. Well at least one of them is an eagle, the other is a turkey in eagle feathers. The story begins during World War I when enlisted man Sam Elliot receives a battlefield commission and decides to stay in the army as a career.
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Oct 5, 2023 · Structured as a flashback on the eve of a horrific battle campaign in the South Pacific during WWII, Once an Eagle jumps back to America’s involvement in WWI, with the induction of Nebraskan farmboy Sam Damon ( Sam Elliott) into the army.
