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The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)

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Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)

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Two Vietnam War soldiers in the trenches.

This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)

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Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)

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The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)

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The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)

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A man in uniform beams at a young girl in the middle of running to him.

A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)

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Two Vietnam War soldiers stand near a body bag on the ground.

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Déjà Vu (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Déjà Vu (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Season 1 Episode 11
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Riding the Tiger (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Riding the Tiger (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Season 1 Episode 12
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The River Styx (Vietnamese Subtitles)

The River Styx (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Season 1 Episode 13
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Resolve (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Resolve (Vietnamese Subtitles)

Season 1 Episode 14
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The Vietnam War

Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)

Season 1 Episode 2

President Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds.
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Two Vietnam War soldiers in the trenches.
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1:28:18
Season 1 Episode 5
This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
A soldier holds a cigarette in his mouth as he balances his gun on his shoulder.
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Season 1 Episode 4
Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
Two politicians rest their heads on their fist and palm.
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1:57:56
Season 1 Episode 3
The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
Two Vietnam War soldiers crouch as they run away from smoke at a distance.
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Season 1 Episode 1
Déjà Vu (1858-1961)
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
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