Levies of Devotion

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Missing in action for over 40-years, American GI Robert Clark's remains are discovered on a hillside in Vietnam. While exhuming the grave, the recovery team is surprised by a local woman in possession of letters written by Clark. The letters illuminate closely-held secrets from long ago for those who were closest to him. As well, the woman in possession of the letters has a secret of her own.Levies of Devotion explores the lives of four youths coming of age in western New York amidst the backdrop of Vietnam and the cultural upheaval of the 1960's. Choices they make at a tender age reckon their destiny. Love and intimacy, courage and family expectations forge paths riddled with loss and the living reminders of loss.