Vietnam: The War That Changed America puts "a different lens" on the conflict

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Vietnam: The War That Changed America puts "a different lens" on the conflict

US involvement in Vietnam began on 8 March 1965, when 3,500 marines were put ashore at Da Nang, South Vietnam. It effectively ended on 30 April 1975 with helicopter flights taking staff and dependants from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon, although the war had long been lost by then. It is estimated that as many as 3 million people were killed in the conflict, including more than 58,000 members of the US armed forces and 2 million Vietnamese…