Millions of casualties. Years of bloody attrition warfare. When Vietnamese communists toppled French colonial rule in 1954 despite massive U.S. military aid, the Geneva Accords temporarily divided ...

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam in March 1965, few Americans ...

The Vietnam War was a harrowing fight that lasted for 20 years and left the American homefront deeply divided, with numerous historians and filmmakers having tackled the subject over the years in ...

As a young man, Lon Holmberg was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War, even protesting America’s involvement in the conflict. But when Holmberg was called to duty via the military draft, despite his ...

50 years later, my father and thousands of other veterans continue to face the hidden costs of war – while millions of Vietnamese live with its toxic legacy. In this photo from 1997, then-U.S. Sen.

Tran Le Xuan, South Vietnam’s “first lady,” was passionate in her support of the southern republic – and a fierce critic of American involvement in Indochina.

How could America lose the Vietnam War? Even now, 50 years after the last American helicopters left Saigon, the answer is elusive. Despite pouring immense resources into Vietnam — including nearly 3 ...

The country is moving closer to a genuine reckoning with painful and politically sensitive realities about the war that pitted Vietnamese against each other. April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of ...