Smithsonian Institution
Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Bring the Troops Home
Annotated example of a poster produced by anti-Vietnam War activists serves as a useful resource for analyzing poster art as a form of protest.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: On Vietnam and Not Seeking Reelection
This is the text, audio, and video [2:52] of President Lyndon Johnson's speech concerning the Vietnam War and his not seeking re-election.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive showed the resolve of the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese. See how the continuing war, with no end in sight, began to shift public opinion away from support for the war, and read about how Lyndon Johnson made some...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
Other
Fall of Saigon
This resource provides many personal accounts of the fall of Saigon from Marines involved in the evacuations. Pictures are also included.
Library of Congress
Loc: From the Home Front and the Front Lines
Exhibition consisting of original materials and oral histories drawn from the Veterans History Project collections.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Pentagon Papers Trial
When is the freedom of the press more important than classified foreign policy information? The Pentagon Papers Trial attempts to answer this constitutional quandary. Included in this site is a summary of the trial, the actual Pentagon...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Cold War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an extensive flipchart of the Cold War covering such things as: the Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, war protests, and the fall of communism. This flipchart contains...
A&E Television
History.com: How Colin Powell's Service in Vietnam Shaped His Leadership
Colin Powell served two combat tours in the Vietnam conflict and earned three medals for his service. Although Powell broke his ankle in a helicopter crash, he rushed back into the wreckage again and again to save the lives of Gettys,...
Other
Cross Currents: Abraham Joshua Heschel
This fond description of Heschel was written by one of his students. The article highlights Heschel's fight against racism and the Vietnam War.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Neil Sheehan
A biography of Neil Sheehan, a journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction for a book he wrote about his experience of the Vietnam War. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
Other
Funk and tepo.com: Operation Attleboro
This site provides one soldier's perspective of the largest battle of the Vietnam War at that time: "The Battle of Dau Tieng or Dong Minh Chau," code named, "Operation Attleboro."
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Gerald Ford: Foreign Affairs
Comprehensive look at the foreign policy of Gerald Ford's administration. Topics include: detente with Soviet Union, Soviet-American relationship in general, end of the Vietnam War, the Mayaguez crisis, and the CIA operations.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Antiwar Movement
As the Vietnam War dragged on, antiwar sentiment grew. Read about the increasing antiwar movement, the demonstrations by antiwar supporters, and the violence used to break up the demonstrations.
Other
Vietnam War Commemoration: The u.s. Air Force in Vietnam [Pdf]
Article describing the U.S. Air Force and its role in Vietnam.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Muhammad Ali's Activism and Moral Courage
In this lesson, students will analyze the ways Muhammad Ali protested the Vietnam War draft and racial inequity in America, and also how the American public responded. Students will examine how public perception of Ali's war resistance...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Years of Escalation: 1965 1968
Read about how American involvement in the Vietnam War escalated after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which essentially gave President Lyndon Johnson the ability to do whatever he thought necessary to defeat the North Vietnamese.
Curated OER
The History Place: The Vietnam War 1945 1975
This site from The History Place is a comprehensive site about the events leading up to the Vietnam War and ending with the withdrawal of American troops. Excellent slide show with an array of images from the era.
Library of Congress
Loc: Veteran's History Project: The Art of War
The stories of wars told through artwork. The photographs, drawings, cartoons, paintings, etc. tell the stories of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam.
Rutgers University
Rutgers Oral History Archive
This archive records the personal experiences of the American men and women who served on the homefront and overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. Also offers resources on the men and women who...
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery: Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr.
A general in the US Army, he supervised the closing stages of the Vietnam War. Williams instituted the program of "Vietnamization," which was designed to turn the running of the war over to the South Vietnamese.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Revisionist viewing of the incident that escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War. Did the Gulf of Tonkin Incident really happen?
Curated OER
Personal Site: Women in the Vietnam War
This personal site identifies the ways in which women served in the Vietnam War: hospitals, MASH Units, information offices, and many other jobs.
Curated OER
Personal Site: Women in the Vietnam War
This personal site identifies the ways in which women served in the Vietnam War: hospitals, MASH Units, information offices, and many other jobs.