Season 1

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  8.1/1094 votes

  The Beginning (1964-1965)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/8/2011

  In 1965, Operation Rolling Thunder roars across the skies over North Vietnam and the first U.S. ground troops land in the South. American soldiers are outnumbered in the Ia Drang Valley, the first major battle of the war.

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  8.0/1077 votes

  Search & Destroy (1966-1967)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/2011

  American troops launch widespread "search and destroy" operations; body count, not territory, becomes the measure of success in Vietnam. Charles Brown fights for survival on the bloody slopes of Hill 875 and at home, the American public begins to question U.S. military strategy.

  Director: Unknown

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  8.1/1076 votes

  The Tet Offensive (1968)

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2011

  The enemy gains ground when the massive Tet Offensive catches the Americans by surprise. At Khe Sanh and Pleiku, U.S. troops are under siege. Americans mount a counteroffensive but the shock of the assault ignites anti-war fervor at home.

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  8.2/1069 votes

  An Endless War (1968-1969)

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/9/2011

  The turmoil of 1968 helps Nixon win the presidency. Troop strength in Vietnam peaks and the draft accelerates. Karl Marlantes endures bitter jungle fighting on Hill 484, and draftee Arthur Wiknik gets a grim introduction to combat on "Hamburger Hill". But shortly after "winning" both hills, US troops abandon them.

  Director: Unknown

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  8.1/1065 votes

  A Changing War (1969-1970)

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2011

  Troop withdrawals begin as the Americans train their ARVN allies to take over the war. Gery Benedetti patrols the hostile waters of the Mekong Delta. James Anderson leads a battalion into Cambodia after Nixon's controversial order. Don DeVore struggles to survive a fierce night attack, and Anne Purcell gets promising news about her husband.

  Director: Unknown

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  8.0/1066 votes

  Peace with Honor (1971-1975)

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2011

  Bob Clewell's helicopter crew comes under intense fire in one of the final operations of the war. Joe Galloway returns to Vietnam and in Washington, D.C., Barry Romo throws down his medals in protest. The last American troops return home and POW wife Anne Purcell awaits word of her husband's fate. The fall of Saigon brings the unification of Vietnam.

  Director: Unknown

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