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One Who Came Back

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US Army Corporal George Kritzman recounts the aftermath of what was his third combat wounding in the Korean War. A former LA police officer, Kritzman was under heavy sedation due to the severity of his leg injury, which was initially operated on at the 8055 MASH unit. Unaware of what would happen to him and what his long term prognosis was and would be, he, along with many of his fellow wounded, was transferred from hospital to hospital, each a little better equipped to deal with his injury. However, his ultimate goal was to make it back home to his wife and son, from who his thoughts were never far.

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  • short film

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Owen Crump

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalSource: IMDb5 Jan 1952

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One Who Came Back was released on 5 January 1952.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/11/2026

    6/10

    This is a travelogue with a difference. It follows the injured American GI George Kritzman who has been injured fighting in Korea. First he ends up in a mobile hospital (MASH only no Loretta Swit) thence to a field hospital before a final stop in Korea before being shipped to Japan, Hawai’i and finally San Francisco where his wife and son are eagerly awaiting his return. It’s quite an impressive advertisement for the…

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