American RadioWorks documentary: Vietnam and the Presidency
A man visits the Vietnam Memorial Wall May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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Fifty years ago, in March of 1965, the first United States troops were officially sent to fight in the Vietnam War. More than 58 thousand Americans were killed. From our American RadioWorks documentary unit: "Vietnam and the Presidency." Historians, advisers to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, and journalists who covered the war, discuss the lessons learned.
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