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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 American documentary film inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. The film's narration consists of real letters written by American soldiers, which are read by actors, including Robert De Niro and Martin Sheen .
The first weeks were especially dangerous for young infantry soldiers shipped to Vietnam. Army Pfc. Luia Rodgers, 20, began his tour of duty Dec. 20, 1967. He died in combat 10 weeks later.
In 2003, former Vietnam soldier-artist James Pollock gave a presentation entitled "U. S. Army Vietnam Combat Art Program" about Vietnam Era soldier artists at Mary Pickford Theater, U. S. Library of Congress [8] at which he said: "On January 14, 1970, the members of Vietnam Combat Art Team IX (CAT IX), the last U.S. Army art team to set foot in ...
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf said, "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young is a great book of military history, written the way military history should be written." [7] Since at least 1993, the book has been on the Marine Corps Commandant's Reading List for Career Level Enlisted. [8] [9]
Oct. 23—The Vietnam War was over a generation ago but it was a long time before many of its soldiers were able to come out and say they had fought in the conflict. Today, they are there at the ...
Catherine Leroy (August 27, 1944 - July 8, 2006) was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of Life magazine and other publications. [1]
As many as 2 million civilians, 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers and 1.1 million enemy soldiers were killed during the Vietnam War. More than 58,300 American soldiers died or went missing in action.
After discharge from the navy when the war ended in 1954, Huet remained in South Vietnam as a civilian photographer working for the French and U.S. governments. While employed by the United States Operation Mission (USOM) photo lab (1955–1960), he enjoyed the mentorship of lab director, Charles E. (Gene) Thomas, who himself had been a combat ...