
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
How Many Could Be Saved?
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.

During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Henry KissingerSelf - Secretary of State
Frank SneppSelf - CIA Analyst
Gerald FordSelf (archive footage)



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