From the Revolutionary to the Gulf War, PBS documents war-time correspondences that "that transcend the subject of war."
Richard Luttrell's letter left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall:
"Dear Sir, For twenty two years I have carried your picture in my wallet. I was only eighteen years old that day that we faced one another on that trail in Chu Lai, Vietnam. Why you did not take my life I'll never know...Forgive me for taking your life, I was reacting just the way I was trained..."
The story of Lutrell's journey back to Vietnam.
The entire story.
