
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1987
- 84 min
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Hey, it's 104 degrees,
(40C)
and if that doesn't wipe you out,
Remember, guys, keep it clean
and keep your head low.
"Hi, Mom. Well,
I'm fine today.
And I hope that you're
in good shape also.
Today I am swimming,
washing and taking in the sun.
The beach is great.
The sand is white
and the sky is clear.
Boy, I wish every day
was like this,
then I wouldn't have
American casualties
in Vietnam,
killed and wounded
now exceed 300,000.
More than 39,000 killed
and more than 258,000 wounded.
"Dear folks, this is your
on-the-spot correspondent
in the Big 'Nam reporting.'
"Hi, honey, I had
a hell of a day yesterday."
"Dear Sue, thank you
for the wingtips.
Only one question:
Where do I wear them in Vietnam?"
"Darling, I am sitting down
to write of my love for you
and the horrors of war."
"Actually, I'm writing because I have
to, or go out of my mind.
Things happen over here
you just can't..."
"Mom, I appreciate
all of your letters.
For a while as I read your letters,
I'm a normal person.
I'm not killing people
or worried about being killed."
"Darling, believe me, I try not
to skip a day in writing you.
Whether or not I get a letter determines
if it's a good day or not."
This is London...
Switzerland calling...
...South America...
And here is the news.
Three Communist P.T. boats
attacked an American destroyer
off the coast of Vietnam
yesterday.
And today, President Johnson's
response was hard and tough.
He has ordered the U.S. Navy
to continue patrolling there,
and if they are attacked
To any armed attack
upon our forces
we shall reply.
To any in Southeast Asia
who ask our help
we shall give it.
You can't win in Asia.
So I am not going to go along
with this kind of a program
in South Vietnam,
at least with my vote,
that in my judgment is going
to kill needlessly
untold numbers of American boys,
and for nothing.
"Dear Dad, well, here it is.
We've been told that our whole company
will be shipping out to Vietnam
after advanced infantry
training.
battalion and brigade commanders
told us there's no sense in trying
to fool ourselves, we're going for sure.
The only thing
that makes me mad
is how do they expect you
to tell your parents."
"I don't mind going, but there are some
guys here who just won't make it.
And I don't think
they'll make it out alive.
Your son, Bob.
P.S., tell Mom not to worry.
It's nothing I can't handle."
All right, settle down,
settle down.
"Dear Uncle and Aunt,
Americans are in Vietnam.
The way I see the situation,
Communists in South Vietnam
than in Kincaid, Humboldt,
And that's just about
what it would end up being.
when life cannot be replaced.
But I think it is far better
to fight and die for freedom,
than to live under
oppression and fear.
Your nephew, Jack."
- What state are you from?
- Charlotte, North Carolina, sir.
North Carolina?
Charlotte, yeah,
- I know it well. Good luck to you, lad.
- Thank you, sir.
"Dear John, well,
in 360 days I'll be home.
Try not to worry
too much about me.
I know that will be
difficult,
but it doesn't do anyone
any good.
Love, Bobby."
"Chris, I finally got
to my unit yesterday.
Our mission is to find V.C.
and kill them.
I should be operating like this
for the next two months
before I get a chance
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