Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Addressed to the heart of America.

7.1(27 votes)
1987
1h 24m
Documentary
War

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.

Production

Dear America, GBA

Cast

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Mrs. Stocks (voice)

Tom Berenger

Tom Berenger

(voice)

J. Kenneth Campbell

J. Kenneth Campbell

(voice)

Richard Chaves

Richard Chaves

(voice)

Josh Cruze

Josh Cruze

(voice)

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Elephant Grass (voice)

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Great Sewer (voice)

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

(voice)

Kevin Dillon

Kevin Dillon

Jack (voice)

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

Mike (voice)

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