CHINA BEACH: VETS (TV)
Summary
One in this drama series set during the Vietnam War, which focuses on the women stationed at China Beach, a combined U.S. Armed Forces hospital and USO recreational facility located near the South China Sea. This special documentary episode features interviews with women who served as nurses or entertainers during the war. Clips from past episodes are interspersed among the interviews to illustrate the topics discussed. Topics covered in the profiles of veterans include: the pressures and varying degrees of discrimination that women experienced in the male-dominated environment, as discussed by 7th Surgical Hospital Nurse Nellie Harness Coakley and Pleiku 71st Evac Nurse Jan Wyatt; disparities between the officers on base and the soldiers in fire camps, as discussed by USO tour participant Sharyn Hillyer Simons; the challenge of remaining upbeat while being confronted by shocking tragedy; the comfort and hope that service women provided for homesick, wounded, and dying soldiers; and the intense bond that formed between Americans in the service.
Interviewed vets also include: Diane Carlson Evans, Nurse 71st Evac Pleiku; Christine McGinley Schneider, Nurse 95th Evac Da Nang; Jeanne "Sam" Bokina Christie, Red Cross; Elizabeth A. Allen, Nurse 12th Evac Cu Chi; Linda Hallenbeck Pelegrino, Red Cross Cam Rahn Bay; the "Sho-Lettes" -- Georgia Peat West, Brenda Owens Meadows, Sharon Freer Minard, and Patty Hooper Jump; Chris Noel of Armed Forces Radio; civilian photojournalist Jurate Kazickas; Kathy Ruhl, USO; Bill "Ziggy" Siegesmund, China Beach bar manager; Dr. John Whitley, 95th Evac Da Nang; George Wallace, Army 173rd Infantry; Sharon Vander Ven McGlothlin, Red Cross Cu Chi; Betsy Jackson, Nurse NSA Hospital Pleiku. The program concludes with scenes from the next episode of "China Beach." Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. This program is closed-captioned.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by John Sacret Young, 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: March 15, 1989 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:47
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:16924
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Vietnam War - Drama; African-American Collection - Drama
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1988-1991
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - 7-Up beverage
- TV - Commercials - Carnation Good Nature baby food
- TV - Commercials - Certs breath fresheners
- TV - Commercials - Cover Girl mascara
- TV - Commercials - Diet Dr. Pepper beverage
- TV - Commercials - Finesse conditioner
- TV - Commercials - Grey Poupon dijon mustard
- TV - Commercials - Immodium A-D anti-diarrheal medicine
- TV - Commercials - L'Oreal hair color
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's fast food
- TV - Commercials - Polaroid cameras
- TV - Commercials - Sine-Aid pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Sinutab pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Tott's champagne
- TV - Commercials - Velveeta cheese
- TV - Commercials - Visine eye drops
- TV - PSA - America's Dairy Farmers National Dairy Board
- TV - PSA - U.S. Centers for Disease Control
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "61st Annual Academy Awards"
- TV - Promos - "Dynasty"
- TV - Promos - "Flight of the Navigator"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "Loving"
- TV - Promos - "Nightline"
- TV - Promos - "Over the Edge"
- TV - Promos - "The Women of Brewster Place"
- TV - Promos - "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings"
CREDITS
- John Sacret Young … Executive Producer, Director, Created by
- Fred Gerber … Coordinating Producer
- Patricia Green … Supervising Producer
- John Wells … Producer
- Geno Escarrega … Co-Producer
- Christopher Nelson … Co-Producer
- William Broyles … Created by
- Kate Lutz … Researcher
- Toni Graphia … Researcher
- Paul Chihara … Music by
- John Rubinstein … Theme Music by
- Dana Delany … Cast, Nurse Colleen McMurphy
- Michael Boatman … Cast, Pvt. Sam Beckett
- Nancy Giles … Cast, Pvt. Frankie Bunsen
- Marg Helgenberger … Cast, Karen Charlene (K.C.) Koloski
- Jeff Kober … Cast, Dodger
- Robert Picardo … Cast, Dr. Dick Richard
- Concetta Tomei … Cast, Maj. Lila Garreau
- Brian Wimmer … Cast, Boonie Lanier
- Megan Gallagher … Cast, Wayloo Marie Holmes
- Lily Lee Adams
- Elizabeth A. Allen
- Jeanne Bokina Christie
- Nellie Harness Coakley
- Tom Coakley
- Diane Carlson Evans
- Karole Graham
- Jeff Hiers
- Jerry L. Huff
- Betsy Jackson
- Karen Psimadis Johnson
- Patty Hooper Jump
- Jurate Kazickas
- Beth Ertz Lee
- Larry Martin
- McGlothlin, Sharon Vander Ven
- Brenda Owen Meadows
- Sharon Freer Minard
- Chris Noel
- Linda Hallenbeck Pelegrino
- Kathy Ruhl
- Christine McGinley Schneider
- Bill Seidesmund
- Sharon Hillyer Simons
- Peter Singer
- Hao Wagner
- Wallace, George (soldier)
- Georgia Peat West
- Francis Whitebird
- John Whitley
- Bev Gasper Willison
- Jan Wyatt
- Robert W. Young