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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

PG

1987

84 minutes

DocumentaryWar

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.

Top Cast

Ellen Burstyn headshot

Ellen Burstyn

Mrs. Stocks (voice)

Tom Berenger headshot

Tom Berenger

(voice)

J. Kenneth Campbell headshot

J. Kenneth Campbell

(voice)

Richard Chaves headshot

Richard Chaves

(voice)

Josh Cruze headshot

Josh Cruze

(voice)

Willem Dafoe headshot

Willem Dafoe

Elephant Grass (voice)

Robert De Niro headshot

Robert De Niro

Great Sewer (voice)

Brian Dennehy headshot

Brian Dennehy

(voice)

Kevin Dillon headshot

Kevin Dillon

Jack (voice)

Matt Dillon headshot

Matt Dillon

Mike (voice)

Robert Downey Jr. headshot

Robert Downey Jr.

(voice)

Michael J. Fox headshot

Michael J. Fox

Raymond Griffiths (voice)

Mark Harmon headshot

Mark Harmon

(voice)

John Heard headshot

John Heard

Johnny Boy (voice)

Judd Nelson headshot

Judd Nelson

(voice)

Martin Sheen headshot

Martin Sheen

Alan (voice)

Eric Roberts headshot

Eric Roberts

(voice)

Sean Penn headshot

Sean Penn

(voice)

Kathleen Turner headshot

Kathleen Turner

Lynda Van Devanter (voice)

Robin Williams headshot

Robin Williams

(voice)

Harvey Keitel headshot

Harvey Keitel

Donald Jacques (voice)