More than a dozen Vietnam War veterans from the central Illinois area recount their tours of duty including ground and air combat, the fighting environment, their living conditions, coping with the loss of friends and health issues including the effects of Agent Orange. They also reflect on the reception they received upon returning home and their opinions of the war.

On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one ...

1981. The shabby treatment of returning combat soldiers from Vietnam is investigated.

Born a conjoined twin due to the effects of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War, Duc Nguyen, no...

Before becoming a film critic, then a maker mainly of sharply engaged documentaries, usually in tand...

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too ...

A portrait of the diverse opinions of Chicagoans as they reflect on the general state of affairs in ...

In April 1975 -- despite a ceasefire agreement -- the North Vietnamese communists took Saigon and th...

In 1973, 591 American POWs returned home from the Vietnam War, bringing with them harrowing tales of...

During the Vietnam War, the US bombed Laos more heavily than any other country had been bombed befor...

A documentary about militant student political activity at the University of California, Berkeley in...

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War de...

Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is kn...
A short documentary that explores a blue-collar community’s growing unease with the Vietnam War. It ...
This documentary interviews young people on war, religion, music, sex, and other topics. Part of NBC...

Push-ups to the rhythm of a metronome, a meter counting backward from 100; three words are shouted t...

Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the ...
A visit to the famed aircraft carrier USS Midway and interviews with men who served aboard it bring ...

The story of U.S. fighter pilots shot down over North Vietnam who became POWs for up to 8 and a half...