winterchar This is a very emotional movie and very well done. My husband and I watched movie this together years ago and he got up and walked out of the house during the movie. It was too much for him. He was a Vietnam Veteran. Recently, approximately 6 months ago, I started watching it again. It's been over 20 years. This December it will be 20 years ago that he took his life. Our children were 13 yrs, 11 yrs and 10 yrs at that time. They are now 32 yrs, 31 yrs and 29 yrs and doing well. I still miss him and feel so much guilt that I couldn't save him. He is buried in the state Veterans" Cemetery, and I know he would be proud of this. Thank you, Mr. Bill Coulturie, for this movie and giving me some kind of release. I need to cry and you have given me the outlet. Bless you, and thank you.Charlene winter

Matt_Layden Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam is exactly what the title suggests. Even though the documentary sounds like it could get very tiresome very fast, Couturie has enough skill and passion for the subject to keep the audience interested in what these soldiers are writing back home to loved ones.I don't think a film like this can happen today because the media controls what we, the viewer, see and hear. Back then it was all broad casted for everyone to see. This is why the film works as well as it does, it doesn't try to hide anything, it shows us who these young soldiers are and what they feel about the war.For so long we politicians and citizens argue over the war and if they support it or not, this is the first time we hear it from the soldiers themselves. The sound track is powerful enough to set you back into the time era. We are listening to what these soldiers listened to; these songs were their way of getting out of the war and being back home with their family.Dear America shows us skillful editing and careful attention to detail, not only are all the song choices good, but they serve the scene well. With the skillful editing and song choice the viewer is thrown into this war themselves and they connect with each soldier there.The one complain I have would be having Hollywood actors read the letters. It took me out of the experience because I would recognize some of the voices, then I would realize that it's not this soldier reading it to his family, it's Robert De Niro or William Dafoe.This film is touching and real. You can see the passion are care that was put into making this film and you will leave with respect for the young people who lost their lives in the time of war.

walterhickoxhardwood I have seen a lot of movies and such about Vietnam, This was by far the best. It was like being there again. I saw myself in the seen when Nixon name the 82nd ABN. Div. was going home. I missed going home with them by 17 days. Great Documenary. Walter Hickox B Trp. 1/17th Cav. 82nd ABN. Div. I was the only boy of 7 boys in my family to go to Nam. I have always recommended them seeing Dear America if they wanted to know how it really was. I am always moved when I watch this movie. It was so real. I met the writer at the Wall, many years ago. He knew how much his movie meant to this Vet. and I thank him again and again for bringing the real Nam home. Thanks, Walter

Stephanie French I saw this movie during my English class about a week ago and I can say that it was the best documentary movie I have ever seen. Everyone's eyes were glued on the movie and that is very rare to see in my class. If was an emotional movie. Famous actors read the letters that men and nurses wrote during the war. You saw what it was like for the soldiers and what was going through their heads at the time. The music in the movie was connected to the time period of the war and it fit the movie really well. It helps you feel connected to the soldiers through their own words. The people who read these letters read them with such passion that you just listened and it felt as if the soldier themselves were reading them. You didn't pay attention at all to the people reading the letters but to the words they were actually reading. I would recommend this movie to everybody and anybody. It is so powerful and it has a really strong impact on the viewers.