Based on a true story, Chuck Hassan (Joe Bologna) has a rewarding career which allows his wife Concetta (Patty Duke) to stay at home and raise the kids. When a heart attack takes him down, he survives, but is no longer deemed fit to work.
Concetta Hassan becomes the bread winner. She holds odd end jobs and continues to search. Some close calls at a night job ensue. Then one day she sees an Army recruiting stand and picks up a few brochures. While Chuck initially is against the idea of her joining, he eventually concedes.
From Basic Training to her rise in the Army, Concetta Hassan performs to the best of her ability and beyond providing well for her family. She turns the unfortunate circumstance of her husband's disability into a fighting chance to live and care for her family.
This is a different kind of military movie. Compared to most of the ones out there about fighting the enemy, the "enemy" in this movie is poverty and is the story of how one woman used the Army to better herself and her family.
Post Script (years after the movie): the real Concetta Hassan went on to serve close to thirty years in the Army. She served in Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. She retired during the latter.
"A Time to Triumph": Patty Duke portrayed that challenge very well and the person she played, Concetta Hassan prevailed at the end of a rewarding career.
Concetta Hassan becomes the bread winner. She holds odd end jobs and continues to search. Some close calls at a night job ensue. Then one day she sees an Army recruiting stand and picks up a few brochures. While Chuck initially is against the idea of her joining, he eventually concedes.
From Basic Training to her rise in the Army, Concetta Hassan performs to the best of her ability and beyond providing well for her family. She turns the unfortunate circumstance of her husband's disability into a fighting chance to live and care for her family.
This is a different kind of military movie. Compared to most of the ones out there about fighting the enemy, the "enemy" in this movie is poverty and is the story of how one woman used the Army to better herself and her family.
Post Script (years after the movie): the real Concetta Hassan went on to serve close to thirty years in the Army. She served in Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. She retired during the latter.
"A Time to Triumph": Patty Duke portrayed that challenge very well and the person she played, Concetta Hassan prevailed at the end of a rewarding career.