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What is Resting Place?
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1986
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Release date
- Apr 27, 1986
- Studios
- Marian Rees Associates, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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Overview
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
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