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The Vietnam War

Ho Chi Minh's Letter

In 1919, a young Ho Chi Minh delivers a letter to the American delegation.

Aired 08/24/2017

FromKen Burns

The Vietnam War

Ho Chi Minh's Letter

Clip: Episode 1 | 1m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

In 1919, a young Ho Chi Minh delivers a letter to the American delegation.

In 1919, a young Vietnamese man, who would eventually be known by the pseudonym Ho Chi Minh, delivers a letter to the American delegation to the peace talks in Paris, in the hopes that it will reach President Woodrow Wilson.

Aired 08/24/2017

FromKen Burns

Funding for The Vietnam War is provided by Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; David H. Koch; The Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The...

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