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After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.
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As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.
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With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.
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US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.
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President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
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After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.
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Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
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South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.
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Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.