“I don’t think any man can exactly explain combat. It’s beyond words.”  – Soldier, WWII

Based on newly discovered personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, War Letters brings to life vivid eyewitness accounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and longing, poignant letters penned just before the writer was killed, and heartbreaking “Dear John” letters from home.  

War Letters premiered on television in 2001.

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timelines and transcripts of letters from war. 

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“letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.”

-johann wolfgang von goethe

 

 

dedicated to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice on this Memorial Day and every day.

 

 

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sources: pbs.org, American Expérience, Chapman University, chapman.edu