Resting Place

A powerful and poignant drama unfolds in "Resting Place," a 1986 television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. When Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives to help Lieutenant Dwight Johnson's parents bury their son, a Vietnam war hero, they are met with resistance from the town's racist authorities who refuse to inter his body in the local "for Caucasians only" cemetery. As Laird navigates this challenging situation, he uncovers the truth behind the Lieutenant's death and fights for justice, ultimately securing him a proper funeral with full military honors.