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The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Clip: Season 1 | 1m 2s
A Marine phones his mother when he doesn't think he'll make it out of Vietnam alive. One of many perspectives in The Vietnam War: An Epic Event from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. #VietnamWarPBS
Aired: 09/06/17
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Fellow Warriors: Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam
John Musgrave is a Marine veteran who counsels active-duty soldiers and veterans.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
America's top critics are unanimous in their praise for The Vietnam War. #VietnamWarPBS
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Clip: Episode 4 | Rolling Thunder
President Johnson and Secretary McNamara discuss strategy by phone.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Clip: Episode 2 | JFK on the Diem Coup
President Kennedy dictates his rueful account of the 1963 Coup in Saigon.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Clip: Episode 10 | The Diaspora
A Vietnamese-American comments on being displaced from his country.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Veterans from Vietnam and the United States meet after the war.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Clip: Episode 2 | The Nightlight
A Marine remembers being afraid when assigned a listening post at night.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
On November 15, 1969, half a million gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest the war.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Vietnamese Subtitles: A Mother's Worry | First Look
A mother wonders how she'll be informed if her son is injured in combat.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Vietnamese Subtitles: Combat is an Enormous High |First Look
A soldier describes the enormous high and enormous costs of combat.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Clip: Episode 6 | Living is the Difficult Thing
A captured Army doctor recounts his experience of being taken prisoner by the Viet Cong.
The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
Clip: Episode 4 | New York City March, 1967
An antiwar activist recalls a large protest march in New York City.
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10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
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09: A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
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08: The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
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07: The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
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06: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
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05: This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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04: Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
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03: The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
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02: Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.
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After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
