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MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 05/21/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White,Color - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 0 mins Studio: PBS Home Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: History, Language & Literature, Military & War, Social History See Also: War Letters

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, All Movie Guide

This disc contains the PBS special War Letters. The disc contains a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but the moving tales told in the program make this disc worthwhile for any viewer with an interest in human stories, military enthusiast, or historian. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide