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The relationship between the soldiers of the Vietnam War was different from the relationships with people from home. The soldiers felt as if they could not tell the whole truth about the war through their eyes to their loved ones at home. The soldiers that they were with all the time understood the pain and confusion each other felt, yet no one talked about it. ...
The relationships between the soldiers and their families grew or forced them to become distant. ... In the Documentary Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, directed by Bill Couturie, showed these relationships change. One soldier writes to his mother and tells her that for a second, he felt as if he was on vacation because it was so beautiful in Vietnam. ... " The soldiers could handle the physical horrors that were happening to them, but the mental status of many the soldiers were becoming breakable. ... The soldiers were all prepared to die, but waiting was what was driving them crazy. ... " The soldiers of the Vietnam War were terrified only because they did not want to die. ... The soldiers tried to play this role as best as they could, but some failed. The families and loved ones of the men of the war did not know the role playing was taken place because the soldiers did not want to share it with them. ... The soldiers did not want people at home worrying about them. ... " Having people who love you worrying about you all the time only puts more pressure on the soldiers than they already had. ... " The relationships between the soldiers and their loved ones changed to do the fact that the experiences of war could not be demonstrated onto a piece of paper. Their families were not there and did not experience what the soldiers did. The loved ones of the soldiers grew closer to the soldiers only out of worry. The soldiers grew closer to their families because they did not want to die. "Vietnam can kill me, but it cant make be care. ... The men who were send to train to go to the Vietnam War shared a special relationship between each other that no one from the outside world could understand.
Approximate Word count = 1805
Approximate Pages = 7.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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