Ken Burns and Viet Nam
Anyone else watching this series on PBS?
I was not there but I remember all the stuff that happened stateside and how our gummint lied to us.
The series presents both American sides and North Viet Nam and Viet Cong sides.
Pretty dramatic if you lived through it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ola0thWqtnM
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