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Coming Home

197930mStewart Bird,Sarah Oakes

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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.

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What is Coming Home (1979) about?

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…

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Coming Home has a runtime of 30 min and premiered in 1979.

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