Vietnam War

Vietnam Dogfight at Midway.

A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos in the early years of the Vietnam war.

WWII and Vietnam Veterans put their lives on the line for their country. But their treatment by government and civilians were completely different.

North Vietnam's surprise attack on the South during the holiday of Tet altered the entire course of the Vietnam War. Morale among U.S. and South Vietnamese troops was crushed, and Americans back home increasingly wondered why their soldiers were there in the first place.

Learn how the Vietnam War and the construction of a gym on campus prompted Columbia University student groups to protest the administration in 1968. See how their numbers swelled into the thousands and inspired student protests all over the country.

What happened at Kent State University on May 4, 1970? Learn about the political and social movements that set the stage for a bloody showdown between student protestors and the Ohio National Guard.

How has the process of declaring war changed throughout the United States' history? What prompted Congress to enact the War Powers Resolution in the '70s, and what effect did it have?

Explore the circumstances surrounding the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967, to the public.

Learn about the many names and identities of the man who would become the face of the Vietnamese nationalist movement.

In 1968, Ron Ridenhour, an infantryman in Vietnam, wrote a letter to President Nixon detailing the murder of 500 civillians by the U.S. Army in what would come to be known as the My Lai Massacre.

Learn about the international incident that escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War.

Agent Orange was a chemical herbicide used during the Vietnam War that had a devastating impact long after the conflict ended.

Take a look at five of the most influential technological developments to come out of the Vietnam War.

Historian Yohuru Williams takes a look back at protests during the Vietnam War.

In 1966, an American fighter pilot took off from the USS Enterprise near the coast of Vietnam, only to be shot down and captured by enemy forces.

Discover facts, figures and history about Vietnam.

Helicopters played a vital role in America's air mobility strategy.

Photographers risked their lives to capture the graphic images of the Vietnam War.

In a History Uncut video, see a combination of actual footage gathered from the Battle of Khe Sanh in the year 1968.

For many soldiers, coming home was the happiest part of the war. But some were surprised by the response they received when they returned.

Late in the war, the U.S. controversially expanded their attacks into Cambodia in order to destroy communist supply lines and bases. In 1970, James Anderson was there.

This massive North Vietnamese surprise attack during the 1968 Tet holiday was a crucial turning point in the war.

The guerilla warfare tactics of the North Vietnamese required U.S. military leaders to modify their combat strategy during the Vietnam War.

The UH-1 "Huey" helicopter became a symbol of U.S. combat forces in Vietnam.

Psychiatric nurse Elizabeth Allen volunteered for the Army and requested frontline duty in Vietnam.

The Green Berets are a dedicated group of special forces soldiers who put their lives on the line.

Search and Destroy missions were a crucial part of the American war strategy in Vietnam.

Whether they volunteered or were drafted, 1 out of 10 soldiers were injured or killed during Vietnam.

A calculated series of attacks take American and South Vietnamese forces by surprise, but the Viet Cong's offensive quickly spirals out of control.

Many soldiers couldn't even find Vietnam on the map before they were sent over to fight there. And having never experienced battle before, they were in for a number of big surprises.

Although they began as medical helicopters, at the height of the war Hueys had three different functions.

Take a closer look at the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War.

Find out more about the journalists who reported directly from the frontlines of the Vietnam War.

Get a closer look at the Hue Massacre in Vietnam.