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  Two Days in October | Article

  One Family's Vietnam War Story

  He was a general's son, she a beauty queen. But their family was broken by Vietnam. 

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  Two Days in October | Article

  Vietnam: One Soldier's Story

  Twenty-year-old Mike Troyer had taken some college classes, but fell below the minimum threshold for a deferment. He was drafted in 1967. 

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  Two Days in October | Article

  The World War II Generation and Vietnam

  Attitudes shaped by World War II were not always a good fit in the Vietnam era. Decisions that might have previously gone unchallenged now generated substantial protest.

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  Return With Honor | Article

  Vietnam's Missing in Action

  One of the lingering and deeply troubling aftermaths of any war is the unknown fate of those listed as missing in action (MIA).

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  Two Days in October | Article

  Protests and Backlash

  As the Vietnam War esclated, protests grew in strength, some turning violent. They also triggered backlash.

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  Two Days in October | Article

  Perspectives: Vietnam

  Some survived the horror of a deadly ambush in Vietnam. Some were in the thick of student antiwar protests. All continue to be affected by the events of October 1967.

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  Last Days in Vietnam | Chapter

  Last Days in Vietnam: Chapter 1

  Watch the opening scene of Last Days in Vietnam.

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  Film

  Kissinger

  Kissinger is the story of the brilliant powerbroker who rose to the topmost echelons of American diplomacy. Revered or reviled, Henry Kissinger’s contradictions reflect those at the heart of U.S. foreign policy in the second half of the 20th century.

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  Nixon's China Game | Timeline

  Timeline

  A comprehensive chronology of U.S.-China relations.

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  The Secret of Tuxedo Park | Article

  DARPA: Weapons of the Future

  Congress created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to make sure America was never beaten by technological surprise.

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  Film

  Woodstock

  In August, 1969, half a million people from all walks of life and every corner of the country converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York. They came to hear the concert of their lives, but most experienced something far more profound: a moment that would change them and the country forever, and define a cultural revolution. 

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  Film

  The Riot Report

  When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to find the cause for the unrest. Their findings offered an unvarnished assessment of American race relations.

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  JFK | Article

  JFK and Communism

  Beginning with his inauguration speech, JFK cast himself as a staunch opponent of Communism. 

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  Last Days in Vietnam | Image Gallery

  Pictures of the Last Days

  Explore photos taken during the American evacuation from Vietnam in 1975.

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  Last Days in Vietnam | Audio

  The First Days Story Project

  American Experience partnered with StoryCorps to collect, preserve, and celebrate the stories of Vietnamese American refugees and Vietnam veterans. 

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  Film

  Oswald's Ghost

  The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963 left a psychic wound on America that is with us still today.

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  Two Days in October | Article

  Napalm and The Dow Chemical Company

  It was never a big part of their business, but napalm would rapidly become the Dow Chemical Company's best-known product.

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  Daughter from Danang | Article

  Heidi Bub

  Heidi Bub was named Mai Thi Hiep at her birth in Danang in southern Vietnam.

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  Nixon's China Game | Article

  Henry A. Kissinger

  An unlikely celebrity who drew fire from across the political spectrum, Henry Kissinger is widely recognized as one of the great American statesmen of the twentieth century. 

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  Last Days in Vietnam | Clip

  Why We Made Last Days in Vietnam

  American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels discusses why the events depicted in Last Days in Vietnam are a critical chapter in American history.