Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

An insightful, deeply moving, Oscar-nominated, 81-minute, 2007 documentary that consists of interviews with American soldiers who fought in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, and Iraq who wrote about their military experiences and consists of candid, memorable excerpts read by Robert Duvall, Beau Bridges, Blair Underwood, and Aaron Eckhart from works such as Burning the DaysCamp Muckamungus by Air Force Sergeant Edward Parker Gyokeres, What Every Soldier Should Know by Army Sergeant Brian Turner, Aftermath by Army First Lieutenant Sangioon Han, Jarhead by Gulf War veteran Anthony Swofford, Men in Black by SPC Army soldier Colby Buzzell, The Things They Carried by Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien, To the Fallen by Army Sergeant John McCary, Taking Chance by Marine Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, and Medevac Missions by Air Force Reserve Captain Ed Hrivnak.
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