Aired: 9/17/2017
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.
Aired: 9/18/2017
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.
Aired: 9/19/2017
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.
Aired: 9/20/2017
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.
Aired: 9/21/2017
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
Aired: 9/24/2017
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
Aired: 9/25/2017
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.
Aired: 9/26/2017
Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
Aired: 9/27/2017
South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.
Aired: 9/28/2017
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.
