Once an Eagle

Once An Eagle is a nine hour American television mini-series 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 broadcasted two hours each, while the interim episodes were 60 minutes. The mini-series concerns the thirty year careers of two military men, from the outbreak of World War I to the aftermath of World War II. Sam Damon is a good family man and praiseworthy warrior. Courtney Massengale is the opposite—a womanizing,... self-aggrandizing conniver. Once An Eagle was the second of four story subseries of the NBC anthology series "Best Sellers;" it was preceded by Captains and the Kings, and followed by Seventh Avenue and The Rhineman Exchange. The picture, based on the Anton Myrer's novel, is a military novel written in the United States. The novel is noted for its stark descriptions of men in combat and in its analysis of human and technical challenges and the moral dilemmas of command.
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