American Experience: War Letters - Stories of Courage, Longing and Sacrifice

Plot

One commonality that seems to link every modern war is that soldiers almost invariably write their families and loved ones on a regular basis and their correspondence covers a broad range of human emotions -- funny camp stories, reassurances to worried folks at home, confessions of fear, anxieties about the dangers of the battlefield, and prescient goodbyes from fighting men and women who know they may never return. American Experience: War Letters -- Stories of Courage, Longing and Sacrifice is a documentary produced for PBS which follows America's history in armed conflict through the letters written home by men and women in uniform. American Experience: War Letters features readings from a cast of distinguished performers, including Joan Allen, Edward Norton, Bill Paxton, Giovanni Ribisi, David Hyde Pierce, and many more. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast

Joan Allen - Narrator; Gerald McRaney - Narrator; Esai Morales - Narrator; Bill Paxton - Narrator; David Hyde Pierce - Narrator; Kyra Sedgwick - Narrator; Kevin Spacey - Narrator; Eric Stoltz - Narrator; Courtney B. Vance - Narrator; Jordan Bridges - Narrator; Edward Norton - Narrator; Giovanni Ribisi - Narrator; Mike Hagiwara - Narrator; Lawrence Turner - Narrator; Christopher Gehrman - Narrator

Credit

Melissa Adelson - Co-producer, Robert Kenner - Director, Leonard Feinstein - Editor, Margaret Drain - Executive Producer, Mark Adler - Composer (Music Score), Mark Adler - Songwriter, Neil Reichline - Cinematographer, Robert Kenner - Producer, Robert Kenner - Screenwriter, Paul Taylor - Screenwriter, Mark Samels - Senior Producer

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