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.
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
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.
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.