found: His Medal of Honor rag, c1983:t.p. (Tom Cole)
found: Coming to terms, 1985:p. 120 (Tom Cole; b. 1933 Paterson, N.J.; B.A. Harvard, graduate degree in Slavic languages and lit.; fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter, Russian translator)
found: New York times WWW site, Mar. 5, 2009(Tom Cole; b. Charles Thomas Cole, Paterson, N.J.; d. Feb. 23, Roxbury, Conn., aged 75; his screenplay for the 1986 film Smooth talk helped propel the young Laura Dern to stardom; his enduring play Medal of Honor rag explored the psychological torment of a black soldier serving in Vietnam)
