12 épisodes
(6 h)
Épisodes
S1 E1 • Why Viet-Nam
Presents the official U.S. government rationale used in 1965 to justify our involvement in Vietnam citing the "domino theory" and the idea that "aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed." Opening with a speech by President Johnson intending to enlist support for the war, the film shifts to a series of images equating the threat of Communism with that of the Third Reich.
S1 E2 • There is a Way
Vietnam ushered in an era of air power unprecedented in size and technology. "There Is a Way," celebrates a group of F-105 pilots as they pass their hundredth mission mark against the enemy of North Vietnamese. It shows the daily lives and perils of the pilots through accounts from the pilots, crew, and commander. The war is documented, not through jungle marches and boat expeditions, but airspace over North and South Vietnam. Footage, from missions high above the ground, creates immediacy to the pilot's stories of hazard, hope, and ultimate duty.
S1 E3 • War and Advice
An "Armed Forces Military Report." United States advisors in Vietnam teach the Vietnamese to defend themselves against communist guerillas, to construct strategic hamlets, to maintain river and canal patrols, and to create a system of military communications. Prepared for use by U.S. Armed Forces Personnel.
S1 E4 • Another Day of War - The USAF in Vietnam
Describes United States Air Force duties, procedures and missions on one day of the Vietnam War in 1967.
S1 E5 • 1st Air Cavalry
S1 E6 • Marines 1965
S1 E7 • Night of the Dragon
S1 E8 • Ready to Strike
S1 E9 • 82nd Airborne
S1 E10 • Beans, Bullets and Black Oil
S1 E11 • Operation Montagnard
S1 E12 • The Sky Soldier