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American History · 1961–1975

The Vietnam War

America’s longest war. The story of how the United States was drawn into a war in Southeast Asia — the chronology of its events, the toll in American lives, and the documents that shaped it.

1961→1975
America in Vietnam
57,011
American dead
76
Major events

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The Vietnam War

The events, the human cost, and the documents of America’s longest war.

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