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Vietnam War: 1955–1975
Vietnam · 1955–1975 · exact time + place
Experience the turbulent decades of the Vietnam War — political upheaval, cultural shifts, and the human cost of one of the 20th century's defining conflicts. The button below opens StoryTerra with both Vietnam and 1955–1975 already set.
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Browse 38 books, 68 movies, 2 TV shows and 8 games set in Vietnam.

Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Apocalypse Now
At the height of the Vietnam war Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that officially "does not exist nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel…

Platoon
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

The Deer Hunter
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left Steven married his pregnant girlfriend --…

Good Morning, Vietnam
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops his superiors disapprove of his humour.

We Were Soldiers
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie’s life and perspective. Based on a…

Across the Universe
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy who joins the growing…

Born on the Fourth of July
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Casualties of War
During the Vietnam War a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
The 10 stories above are just a sample of the 116 in the catalogue for this entry. For the live 1955–1975 catalogue, use the button above — or browse all Vietnam stories. On the live map you can also filter by the exact time the stories take place — any year, decade or century, from BCE to the future.