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The Vietnam War
Saigon During Tet
During the Tet Offensive, Duong Van Mai Elliott visits her family in South Vietnam. She remembers their fear that Viet Cong forces could be hiding nearby.
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President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
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With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
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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.