NBC airs the 24th episode of the military drama The Lieutenant, created and produced by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and starring Gary Lockwood (2001: a space odyssey) and Robert Vaughn (The Man From UNCLE). 
A nighttime live fire exercise is chaotic enough for Lt. Rice and his platoon, but then Rice learns that one of the privates he had assigned as a runner fell into a pond and drowned. This attracts the attention of newspaper reporter Richard Whitley, who seems determined to find some sort of scandalous angle to the story. His digging quickly turns up Rice’s name, and rumors that Rice wasn’t particularly well-disposed toward the deceased man. An inquiry is opened, but Whitley’s prodding raises enough doubt about Rice’s command fitness that it becomes an investigation with implications for the rest of Rice’s career, and possibly even criminal charges.
written by Sy Salkowitz
directed by Robert Butler
music by Jeff AlexanderCast: Gary Lockwood (Lt. William Rice), Robert Vaughn (Capt. Raymond Rambridge), Richard Butler (Runner), Joseph Campanella (Major Jason Clark), Chris Connelly (Pvt. Russell), Robert Duvall (Richard Whitley), Frank Gardner (Clerk), Ed Long (Doctor), Edward Madden (2nd Marine), Michael McDonald (Neal Pierson), Holly McIntire (Connie Langford), Steven Mines (Pvt. Richards), Dallas Mitchell (Public Relations Officer), Michael Pataki (Corporal), Don Paulin (Reporter), Don Penny (Lt. Stan Harris), Carmen Phillips (Lily), James Seay (Chief of Staff), Wade Shannon (1st Marine), K.LSmith (Sgt. Arpel), Larry Thor (President of Court), John Zaremba (Pete Hartley)
Notes: If the scenes taking place after the discovery of Private Morrell seem strange for the lack of quick action being taken to save the man, it’s important to remember a little bit of historical context. Though first demonstrated to medical professionals in the 1950s, cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques were not widely taught to the public or in most non-medical professions until the late 1960s and early 1970s. The oddly slow-paced scene was, in fact, the prevalent technique at the time.
LogBook entry by Earl Green