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The Vietnam War
Combat is an Enormous High (Vietnamese Subtitles)
A soldier describes the enormous high and enormous cost of being in combat. One of many perspectives in The Vietnam War.
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1:51:41
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
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1:50:26
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
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1:27:19
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
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1:56:57
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
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1:57:28
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
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1:25:59
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.
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1:24:52
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
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1:50:57
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
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1:52:33
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
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1:52:09
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
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1:50:54
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
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1:27:47
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.