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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

# Addressed to the heart of America.
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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1987-10-01
⌚ Running Time: 84 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.1

Beloved Cast

Ellen Burstyn original image
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Ellen Burstyn
Tom Berenger original image
(voice)
Tom Berenger
J. Kenneth Campbell original image
(voice)
J. Kenneth Campbell
Richard Chaves original image
(voice)
Richard Chaves
Josh Cruze original image
(voice)
Josh Cruze
Willem Dafoe original image
Elephant Grass (voice)
Willem Dafoe
Robert De Niro original image
Great Sewer (voice)
Robert De Niro
Brian Dennehy original image
(voice)
Brian Dennehy
Kevin Dillon original image
Jack (voice)
Kevin Dillon
Matt Dillon original image
Mike (voice)
Matt Dillon
Robert Downey Jr. original image
(voice)
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael J. Fox original image
Raymond Griffiths (voice)
Michael J. Fox
Mark Harmon original image
(voice)
Mark Harmon
John Heard original image
Johnny Boy (voice)
John Heard
Judd Nelson original image
(voice)
Judd Nelson
Martin Sheen original image
Alan (voice)
Martin Sheen
Eric Roberts original image
(voice)
Eric Roberts
Sean Penn original image
(voice)
Sean Penn
Kathleen Turner original image
Lynda Van Devanter (voice)
Kathleen Turner
Robin Williams original image
(voice)
Robin Williams
Harvey Keitel original image
Donald Jacques (voice)
Harvey Keitel

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