Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)

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Released:
1987-10-01

Overview:
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.

Director:
Bill CouturiƩ

Runtime:
1h 24min

Genre:
Documentary, War

  • Cast:
  • Ellen Burstyn
    as
    Mrs. Stocks (voice)
  • Tom Berenger
    as
    (voice)
  • J. Kenneth Campbell
    as
    (voice)
  • Richard Chaves
    as
    (voice)
  • Josh Cruze
    as
    (voice)