Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

"Addressed to the heart of America."

1987

1h 24m

7.1(27 votes)

Documentary

War

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.

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21 members

Acting

Ellen Burstyn

Mrs. Stocks (voice)

Ellen Burstyn

Acting

Tom Berenger

(voice)

Tom Berenger

Acting

J. Kenneth Campbell

(voice)

J. Kenneth Campbell

Acting

Richard Chaves

(voice)

Richard Chaves

Acting

Josh Cruze

(voice)

Josh Cruze

Acting

Willem Dafoe

Elephant Grass (voice)

Willem Dafoe

Acting

Robert De Niro

Great Sewer (voice)

Robert De Niro

Acting

Brian Dennehy

(voice)

Brian Dennehy

Acting

Kevin Dillon

Jack (voice)

Kevin Dillon

Acting

Matt Dillon

Mike (voice)

Matt Dillon

Acting

Robert Downey Jr.

(voice)

Robert Downey Jr.

Acting

Michael J. Fox

Raymond Griffiths (voice)

Michael J. Fox

Acting

Mark Harmon

(voice)

Mark Harmon

Acting

John Heard

Johnny Boy (voice)

John Heard

Acting

Judd Nelson

(voice)

Judd Nelson

Acting

Martin Sheen

Alan (voice)

Martin Sheen

Acting

Eric Roberts

(voice)

Eric Roberts

Acting

Sean Penn

(voice)

Sean Penn

Acting

Kathleen Turner

Lynda Van Devanter (voice)

Kathleen Turner

Acting

Robin Williams

(voice)

Robin Williams

Acting

Harvey Keitel

Donald Jacques (voice)

Harvey Keitel

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