September 19-21 & September 24-28, 8 PM

The Vietnam War, the 10-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, continues this week on WHRO TV. The immersive documentary features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

This week in the series:

Tuesday - The River Styx: With South Vietnam in chaos, Hanoi accelerates insurgency. President Johnson deploys ground troops.

Wednesday - Resolve: North Vietnamese troops stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail and an antiwar movement builds at home.

Thursday - This Is What We Do: Enemy body counts and American casualties mount as GIs chase an elusive foe and face deadly ambushes.

Sunday - Things Fall Apart: The brutality of the Tet Offensive unfolds on television. President Johnson decides not to run again.

Passport members can watch the entire series online even before future episodes air.

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