Honors 107 - Documents: Dr. Stanke

Dynastic struggles led to fragmentation in Vietnam. The conflict beginning in 1955 lasted for 20 years and resonates today. Experts discuss American fears of a communist takeover.

The year 2000 marked the 25th anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. In this classic NewsHour program, Gwen Ifill and Terence Smith sit down with renowned historians and correspondents to ask them to address some of the lingering issues associated with that war.

This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series takes viewers to remote and hazardous locales in South Vietnam to show them what the United States Army, Air Force, and Navy are doing to contain the spread of Communism. How the military operations of our Special Force units are living, operating, and helping the Vietnamese is shown in this video from the National Archives and Records Administration as motion picture star James Arness hosts and narrates.

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