The Vietnam War was a conflict that took place from 1955 to 1975 in Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia. It was mainly between North Vietnam, which was communist, and South Vietnam, which was supported by the United States and other countries that wanted to stop the spread of communism. The U.S. got involved because it feared that if Vietnam became fully communist, communism would spread to other countries in Asia. During the Vietnam War, the media played a powerful role by broadcasting footage of the conflict directly into American homes and printing images that revealed the war’s impact on