"It's not the war we know. It's the war they fought."--Container

"This film documents the Vietnam War in the words of Americans who served there. It features home movies and rare archival footage collected during a worldwide search and now presented in high definition. Many scenes are graphic in nature and viewer discretion is advised."--Container

Director of photography, Kevin C.W. Wong, CSC ; 1st assistant cameraman, Johnny Yan Chen ; editors, Lucas Abel [and 6 others] ; sound editing, Bob Adams [and 9 others] ; "Smoke on the water" performed by Deep Purple ; "Let's work together" performed by Canned Heat ; "Have you ever seen the rain?" performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival ; chief historical consultant, Dr. Andrew Wiest ; military historical consultants, Kan Carlstrom, Vietnam veteran US Navy, Sonny Silva, Vietnam veteran US Army

Narrator, Michael C. Hall ; voice over artists, Edward Burns, Dean Cain, Adrian Grenier, Armie Hammer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Glenn Howerton, Dylan McDermott ; veterans, Joe Galloway, Bob Clewell, James Anderson Don DeVore, Barry Romo, Anne Purcell, Gery Benedetti, Keith Connolly, Arthur Wiknik

DVD

Disc one: Beginning (1964-1965) ; Search & destroy (1966-1967) -- Disc two: Tet offensive (1968) ; An endless war (1968-1969) ; A changing war (1969-1970) ; Peace with honor (1971-1975)