Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 2,007 VOTES · DIR. Bill Couturié
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 981 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:37 Hey, it's 104 degrees, (40C)
00:06:01 untold numbers of American boys, and for nothing.
00:09:34 and wash them in rivers and streams as we cross them.
00:12:40 We are all scared."
00:15:09 I've never seen such bravery and guts before
00:18:20 The days are fairly peaceful.
00:21:39 I can still see his face now.
00:24:04 "I hope that's one reason why we're here
00:28:11 trying out all the chairs
00:31:27 - Come in on the other flank. Over. - That's affirmative.
00:34:44 an aviator, who observing a group of grunts
00:38:05 Love, Jim."
00:41:14 I don't know. This is the worst area we've been in
00:44:10 even yesterday when my favorite turd got it
00:48:32 What happened to you?
00:50:53 But I'm no hero. Heroes are for the late show.
00:54:56 with you in our future.
00:59:39 the mortars and tracks and tanks
01:02:11 you're able to count the days until 'DEROS'...
01:04:22 especially a beautiful woman.
01:06:56 But they'd rounded them up right over a ditch bank
01:10:25 I seem to be crying all the time lately.
01:13:28 All we ask is for our great nation to support us
01:17:29 I will see you as you laughed at me
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed981
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:01:37
Final line01:17:29
Production Record
DirectorBill Couturié
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,007