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Fearing Saigon's collapse, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the bombing of North Vietnam, and sends U.S. ground troops to the south.

The Vietnam War

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President John F. Kennedy and his advisers consider how deeply the U.S. should get involved in South Vietnam, as a communist insurgency and Buddhist protests intensify.

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After nearly a century of French colonial rule, Vietnam emerges independent; but Vietnam is divided in two, communists in the north aim to reunify the country, while the U.S. supports Ngo Dinh Diem's regime in the south.

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Testimony from nearly 100 witnesses and archival footage provide insight into the Vietnam War.

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