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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 84 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Bill Couturi
- Starring
- Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Martin Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Ellen Burstyn, Brian Dennehy
The film weaves authentic letters penned by U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines during the Vietnam War to their loved ones at home, pairing them with archival war footage and contemporary news reports. Their first‑person narratives reveal personal hopes, fears and loss, including those who never returned.
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