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J2300 JAG (9/23/1995-4/29/05) [TV SERIES]

Series summary: Navy Commander , Jr. (Elliott) became a top Naval Fighter pilot like his father who is MIA in Vietnam. However, one night he crashed while trying to land his F-14 Tomcat onto the pitching carrier deck. At the time, he was diagnosed with night blindness and removed from flight duty. Not wanting to leave the Navy, Harm transferred to the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps, which prosecutes & defends the law of the sea. The JAG Corps is commanded by R. Adm. Albert Jethro ‘AJ’ Chegwidden (Jackson), a former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran. The episodes listed below are chiefly concerned with Harmon Rabb’s search for information concerning his MIA/POW father, but there are also some episodes relating to R.. Adm. Chegwidden’s Vietnam service and a few other war related story lines.

Deja vu (10/21/95) Fortunate son (3/18/03) Ghost ship (9/23/97) Ghosts (2/14/97) Ghosts of Christmas past (12/14/99) Gypsy eyes (9/22/98) High ground (4/3/96) King of the fleas (10/21/97) The Martin Baker fan club (10/20/98) Miracles (2/6/01) People v. Rabb (11/25/97) The prisoner (5/8/96) A separate peace (11/21-28/00) Survivors (4/17/96) To Russia with love (5/19/98) Unknown soldier (4/15/05) We the people (1/3/97) Wilderness of mirrors (5/4/99)

Credits: director, various ; writer, various. Cast: , Tracey Needham, John M. Jackson.

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