Christel Crane shares, with her husband, a deep empathy for veterans and children of veterans of all wars, but especially the Vietnam War. Both Cranes chafed at the misconceptions America has about the men that served their country in that difficult conflict. 

The Cranes decided that it was time to act. They loaded up their equipment and three young children and took to the road. The documentary film The Long Way Home – Men Versus the Myth is the result of their 13,000-mile journey.The Cranes have been featured in print, on television, and have been guests on national talk-radio. Here’s what other children of veterans are saying:

Daughter of Captain Bill Branch - KIA June 6, 1970 -
First, let me humbly thank you. I am the daughter of a kind and creative man who lost his life in the Vietnam War. He was intelligent and loving and I miss him every day. I know that if he had returned from the war he would have continued to speak about his time there. He would have been much like the gentlemen you are interviewing now. I am so happy to see that you are working on a documentary that tells the real story of Vietnam Veterans.

Son of Sergeant William Sizemore - KIA June 28, 1967 - 
Thank you for showing Vietnam Vets in the positive light they deserve. It has taken us to long to welcome them home and thank them for their sacrifice. Similarly, I have had to hide my pride in my father's service to his country too long. I will be joining many others sons and daughters of those men lost in Vietnam on Father's Day June 18, 2000 at the Wall in Washington. We will cry for what might have been but we will be proud of them and what they stood for. Thank you very, very much for your film project. It is time for the rest of the story to be told.