Ordered roughly by a typical GI's year of service (arrival "in-country," leave, etc. it was in that moment that evening, perhaps more than in any other, that i realized the real, life-long consequences of armed conflict. There are moments here that cannot be forgotten, and most of them are due to the hard work of the filmmaker, director Bill Couturie, who has not taken just any words and any old footage, but precisely the right words to go with the images. Dear Civilians, Friends, Draft Dodgers, etc. To stop communism from spreading. Each letter is followed by a brief description of when the person served and either what they were doing at the time of publication, or how old they were when they were killed. The war lasted from November 1955 to April 1975 (19 years and 4 months) when the N. Vietnamese party took Saigon. Not because I was there, but because it changed so many outlooks in the US. Not having much knowledge on the Vietnam war, this book really opened my eyes and my heart - it really made me feel something, just reading these simple letters home. I read this as part of the POPSUGAR 2017 Reading Challenge ("a book of letters"). Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Therefore, its best to use Encyclopedia.com citations as a starting point before checking the style against your school or publications requirements and the most-recent information available at these sites: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. "I tell you truthfully I doubt if I'll come out of this alive," a private named Raymond Griffiths writes home to his girlfriend. Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam Bernard Edelman W. W. Norton & Company, Jun 4, 2002 - History - 316 pages 3 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. But I thought I would write anyway. This made it real for me. //