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A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)

Season 1 Episode 9 | 1hr 52m 33s

South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal. American prisoners of war will finally come home – to a bitterly divided country.

Aired: 09/26/17
Funding for The Vietnam War is provided by Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; David H. Koch; The Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ford Foundation Just Films; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and Members of The Better Angels Society: Jonathan & Jeannie Lavine, Diane & Hal Brierley, Amy & David Abrams, John & Catherine Debs, Fullerton Family Charitable Fund, The Montrone Family, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, The Golkin Family Foundation, The Lynch Foundation, The Roger & Rosemary Enrico Foundation, Richard S. & Donna L. Strong Foundation, Bonnie & Tom McCloskey, Barbara K. & Cyrus B. Sweet III, The Lavender Butterfly Fund
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.