Watch the Episodes 1-3 On-Demand
“Part One: Escalation” shows America’s growing involvement in South Vietnam, as combat troops arrive in 1965, the bombing campaign begins, as the U.S. attempts to thwart the Communist North’s takeover of the small Southeast Asia country.
“Part Two: Turning Point” shows how U.S. troop level reaches 500,000 in 1968, and the nation is stunned by the Tet Offensive and Khe Sanh siege. Support for the war begins to waver.
“Part Three: Draw Down” shows how the U.S. turns the war over to So.Vietnam and begins returning soldiers, often to a disparaging public. The U.S. leaves by 1973, but the country falls to the Communists in 1975.