Labels:text | clothing | person | man | screenshot OCR: THE VIETNAM WAR OVERVIEW OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION ORIGINS COURSE OF THE WAR HUMAN COST KEY PLAYERS INTRODUCTION In the 1960s the U.S. became embroiled in a cruel and savage conflict to save South Vietnam from Communist rule. More than 50,000 American soldiers lost their lives in a brutal war they could not win. But by far the heaviest losers in the conflict were the civilian people of Vietnam. CHRONOLOGY