The Things They Carried
US Soldiers Moving in a Skirmish Line Through Rice Paddies. National Archives.
While we are reading The Things They Carried we will be also watching Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, a HBO movie with archival footage and actors reading letters from veterans.
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 American documentary film inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié in 1987. Using real letters written by American soldiers (which can be read in the book along with many more) and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal...