The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) was one of the first American films to attempt a serious look at the issues involved in the Korean War. It is a psychological study of a man who, after being called back ...

James A. Michener’s hard-hitting novel of the Korean conflict finds slick translation in this topflight war spectacle. In taking advantage of the navy’s resources, aboard an aircraft carrier off the ...

Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges.

Seventy years ago, author James Michener, who served as a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander during the Second World War, was embedded on the attack carrier USS Valley Forge commanded by Rear Admiral John ...

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (147 pp.)—James A. Michener—Random House ($2.50). Lieut. Harry Brubaker, 29, was a naval aviator, and both a brave and fearful man. He was brave enough to be chosen to go in low ...

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Fighter pilot William Holden struggles with perilous missions, as well as his own ambivalence towards the Korean War. Gripping drama with Grace Kelly and Mickey Rooney. (1955)(102 mins) ...

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