Mail Call
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Vietnam veterans talk about getting mail from home and sending letters back to their loved ones.
Credits
Producer/Director: Robert Przybylski
Videographers: Marshall Fulmer, Matthew Murphy, Joe Yezak
Audio: Matthew Hock, Matthew Murphy
Editor: Robert Przybylski
Music: Pat Cronley
“Vietnam Voices” written and performed by: Barrie Dunsworth
Narrator: Jeff Johnson
Script Writer: Robert Przybylski
Script Editor: Edward Gravlin
Special Thanks to: Pete Barrera, Allan Bierlein, Michael Borror, John Brady, Dennis Budziszewski, Bethany Burkman, Richard Byrne, Theodore Crisp, Richard Francis, Michael Haight, Robert Hayhurst, Eric Ives, Lee Johnson, Jerry Kuchek, John Milne, Thao Nguyer Paris, Dennis Ortega, James Osterman, Lawrence Pyscher, John Raddatz, James Ramelis, Warren Smith, David Sommers, Larry Sova, Joanne Tanner, Joe Turner, John Upthegrove, Daniel Villaire, Marcia Voisine, Sandra Wilson, Phil Wise, Mari Zsigo
Thanks: Ann Kucha-Murphy
Archival Materials: Wisconsin Public Television Vietnam War Archives, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Archives – Washington DC, Archive.org, LIFE Magazine Archives, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Engineering: Matthew Hock, Dave Nuechterlein
Web & Social Media: Chas Eldridge
Business Relations Manager: Gwen Serbus
Station Manager: Thomas Bennett
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