US History: Vietnam

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Over 25 years, the Vietnam conflict escalated from an attempt to stop the spread of communism into a full-scale war.

The guerilla warfare tactics of the North Vietnamese required U.S. military leaders to modify their combat strategy during the Vietnam War.

Helicopters played a vital role in America's air mobility strategy during the Vietnam War.

U.S. orders are to seek out the Viet Cong and kill them but at Landing Zone X-Ray, things don't go as planned.