Edward Alan Brudno

The following are links to various articles on the world wide web regarding our classmate, Edward Alan Brudno:

Late Vietnam War Vet honored - includes a video interview of Robert Brudno

Eleven Letters Honor POW's Hidden Wound

The following have connections to Broadway, Hollywood and book stores:

The Book: "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam"

A published collection of actual letters to and from soldiers edited by Bernard Edelman for the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission

The Movie: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam

1 hr 25 min 42 sec - May 31, 2006

The Musical: One Red Flower

The following is an excerpt from a Signature Theatre Newsletter: August 11, 2004:

The tides of war come to life in One Red Flower, a startling new musical created from actual letters written home by soldiers serving in the Vietnam War during 1969. Set to a score based in the rock-n-roll rhythms of the period, the story compels, informs and entertains with a glimpse into the often hellish, sometimes light-hearted experiences of our American soldiers. The basis and inspiration for the characters, lyrics and script was “Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam,” a published collection of actual letters to and from soldiers edited by Bernard Edelman for the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission. This timely work by Emmy-winner
Paris Barclay reminds us how the present is often a reflection of the past.

Private First Class Alan Chisholm, a character based on the letters of Air Force Major Edward Alan Brudno. Major Brudno, assigned to the 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron, was shot down over North Vietnam on October 18, 1965. He was a prisoner of war for seven and a half years before returning home in 1973. On June 3, four months after his release and one day before his 33rd birthday, Major Brudno committed suicide. He was the first of the 566 returned Vietnam POWs to die.