So he decided to make a stand in a place few Americans at the time had ever heard of: Vietnam. Narrator: Kennedy believed he had to show strength. And asking Congress to fund an increasing buildup ...

One of the most devastating conflicts the United States has ever taken part in, this 20-year war was fought in the area ...

In South Vietnam, the Communist insurgency showed no signs of letting up. Some of Kennedy's "advisers" warned him that American involvement could mire America in a bloody, protracted war.

Kennedy as a saint. He was fully capable of playing hardball politics, hesitant about directly challenging Johnson on Vietnam, torn between appealing to traditional politics and a newer coalition.

Robert F Kennedy Jr. has said his uncle was targeted due to his refusal to commit U.S. forces to Vietnam. “When my uncle was president, he was surrounded by a military-industrial complex and ...

Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who ran into the line of fire to shield President John F. Kennedy and the first lady in Dallas on November 22, 1963, died Friday. He was 93 years old.