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The Vietnam War
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A GI talks about his fear of land mines, and the courage it took just to walk in Vietnam. One of many perspectives on The Vietnam War: An Epic Event from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. #VietnamWarPBS
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1:28:17
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.

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1:57:25
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.

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1:57:55
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.

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1:26:27
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.

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1:25:20
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.