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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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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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1:26:27
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.

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Find out about the creation of the film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

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The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.

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The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.

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The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.

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The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.

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The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.

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The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.