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The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Creator
Creator
Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
Seasons
3
Episodes
58
21 episodes
16 episodes
21 episodes

Pvt. Marcus Taylor
This new series tells the compelling story of the Vietnam War, from the country’s dynastic history, the impact of Christian missionaries & French colonialism, Japan’s invasion during WWII and the rise of Ho Chi Minh. How the USA’s fear of communism started a relentless sequence of events that caused American troops to go in under President Kennedy in 1961, escalating under Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 when the nation found itself entwined in a war fought nightly on TV engendering a huge anti-war movement. By 1973 Nixon had resigned and America was forced to withdraw from Saigon on April 30th 1975.