Vietnam in HD

Season

2011

8.3

TV-14

Original Vietnam War footage presented in high definition along with narrations by war veterans and the voices of Hollywood stars.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Beginning

An incredible look at the Vietnam war in color. Never before seen footage captures the troops' landing and the battle at Ia Drang Valley.

S1 • E2

Search and Destroy

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.

S1 • E3

The Tet Offensive

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.

S1 • E4

An Endless War

The turmoil of 1968 helps Nixon win the presidency; the draft accelerates; Karl Marlantes endures bitter jungle fighting on Hill 484; Arthur Wiknik gets a grim introduction to combat.

S1 • E5

Changing War

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.

S1 • E6

Peace with Honor

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.