Vietnam: The War that Changed America, narrated by Ethan Hawke, recounts the events of the Vietnam War from the viewpoints and memories of those who were there. With never-before-seen archival footage, this brand-new six-part documentary series is now on SMART IPTV HD.
Bill Broyles, a well-known Hollywood screenwriter and wartime lieutenant re-connects with a platoon member after fifty years. This is just one of the first-hand stories, recounted.
Another veteran who thought his life was over and was forced to parachute into the Ho Chi Minh trail, who reunites with the man who saved him; Melvin Pender, the Olympic gold medal-winning runner who competed in 1968 between tours in Vietnam.
Viet Cong soldiers who fought in the Tet Offensive, including the first Viet Cong woman in her district to shoot down an enemy aircraft; Hilary Brown, the first female foreign correspondent for ABC News who covered the fall of Saigon; and Vietnamese civilians who witnessed and fled the fighting.
During the Vietnam War,North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies fought each other in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.