To Heal a Nation is a 1988 drama television film that tells the true story of Jan Scruggs (played by Eric Roberts), a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. The film was directed by Michael Pressman.
The film was made available on video on January 6, 1993.
Premise In 1979, Scruggs is working for the U.S. Department of Labor. He becomes obsessed with the dream of erecting a monument to the people who died in Vietnam.
Cast Eric Roberts as Jan Scruggs Glynnis O'Connor as Becky Scruggs Marshall Colt as Jack Wheeler Scott Paulin as Bob Doubek Lee Purcell as Sandle Brock Peters as Paul Turner Gloria Carlin as Monica Jordan Charney as Spreiregen Tamlyn Tomita as Maya Ying Lin Laurence Luckinbill as Senator Bob Mathias Linden Chiles as Senator John Warner James F. Kelly as Webb Tom Everett as Thompson Alley Mills as Sue, Stone Worker Conrad Bachmann as H. Ross Perot David Wells as James Watt Stuart Nisbet as Phil Burton Laura Owens as Elisa Wheeler Alan Hunter as D.J. Ron Roy as J. Carter Brown J.C. Wells as General Price Robert Patten as Colonel Ed Williams as Chaplin Naomi Stevens as Sam's Mother At Wall Theresa Karanik as Nurse Eloy Casados Gary Hershberger John Lafayette References
External links
https://www.nytimes.com/films/film/78927/To-Heal-a-Nation/overview