A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
| Directing | Francis Ford Coppola | Director |
| Writing | Ronald Bass | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nicholas Proffitt | Novel |
| Camera | Jordan Cronenweth | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Barry Malkin | Editor |
| Production | David Valdes | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Producer |
| Production | Jay Emmett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael I. Levy | Producer |
| Production | Fred Roos | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stan Weston | Executive Producer |
| Art | Dean Tavoularis | Production Design |
| Art | Alex Tavoularis | Art Direction |
| Art | Gary Fettis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Willa Kim | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judianna Makovsky | Costume Design |
| Crew | Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Brad Bovee | Stunts |
| Crew | David Burton | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeffrey J. Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Crew | Phil H. Fravel | Stunts |
| Crew | Chad Randall | Stunts |
| Sound | Carmine Coppola | Original Music Composer |
