The picture opens with a dedication to the 347,304 Purple Heart recipients from the Vietnam War.
Sidney J. Furie performed a number of roles on this picture. Furie was a co-writer, the head producer and the director.
Third of five Vietnam War cinema movies made between the late 1970s and late 1980s that featured actor R. Lee Ermey. The films include Purple Hearts (1984), Apocalypse Now (1979), Full Metal Jacket (1987) The Boys in Company C (1978) and The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988).
Movie posters for the film featured a long blurb that read: "Dr. Don Jardian. Age: 29. Surgeon. Drafted. Vietnam. Nothing could have prepared him for the danger, the fear, the violence ... or the woman".