William Dodson "Bill" Broyles Jr. (born October 8, 1944) is an American screenwriter, who has worked on Jarhead, a 2005 American biographical war drama film based on which U.S. Marine's 2003 memoir, of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes?
William Broyles Jr. William Dodson "Bill" Broyles Jr. (born October 8, 1944) is an American screenwriter, who has worked on the television series "China Beach", and the films "Apollo 13", "Cast Away", "Entrapment", "Planet of the Apes", "Unfaithful", "The Polar Express", and "Jarhead". He also assisted in the screenplay of "Saving Private Ryan". He was married to the actress Linda Purl from 1988 to 1992. Thereafter, he married Andrea Berndt and had two daughters with her.
Reserved to Fight Reserved to Fight is a documentary film that follows four Marine Reservists of Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines for four years. It documents their deployment, their return home from Iraq combat in May 2003, and their reintegration into civilian life. Their battalion was the first reserve unit activated for Operation Iraqi Freedom. They were also the first to return home. The film deals with the lives of the friends as they come to grips with the harsh reality of reassuming civilian life. Each has a different experience, some dealing with varying degrees of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The film is notable for following the first reservists deployed in the Iraq War, and therefore the first of these Marines to begin the reintegration process.