Coming Home

Coming Home

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1979

Runtime

0h 30m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Coming Home

Director

Stewart Bird

Description

An examination of America's "post-Vietnam syndrome" and the plight of the Vietnam veteran. Focuses on two vets: Richard Linder, a 28-year-old Black from Brooklyn, and Donald Sproehnle, a 25-year-old white veteran from Philadelphia. They discuss their reasons for joining the army in their teens and recount wartime experiences. They explain the psychological changes they underwent in Vietnam and their present feelings of hurt and anger.