Were deployed to vietnam marking the beginning of the u. S. Ground war. By the end of 1955, almost 200,000 americans were in the country. When the war ended in 1935 nearly 3 million americans had served in the conflict. Up next, the screaming eagles in vietnam. Documented activities of the Airborne Division from his arrival through january 1967. The enemy, when it is lifted, regroups. Despite weeklong airstrikes by u. S. Air jets, the viet cong has showed no signs of retiring. [explosions] the screaming eagles are under fire. The enemy has come to silence them. Communist fire comes from everywhere. [shooting] out there, the enemy is creeping in. He will try to overrun the american position. The weighting is agonizing. Then, the enemy makes his move. Mrs. It. Live or die. [gunfire] the viet cong has had enough. They are nowhere to be found. 11 vietnamese are unbound however, in a viet cong prison camp. They have apparently received no military tension in the hands of the communist. Held by the viet cong for several months, there is raines illness ranges from source to mount attrition. As well as the alreadys caused by onset broken bones. This man a former viet cong who defected to the republic, cannot tell of his unspeakable nightmare with enemy. The cspan book tour takes American History tv and booktv on the road. Next week, we partner with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. She rolls. With the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships were with the opening of the canal, coalfired shares had assault a shorter route to the far east, india. The s sailing ships had to find a way to make their own living. They started shipping lower valued cargoes, coal, oil, cotton etc. She found her niche carrying cargo that did not required getting to market at a fast pace. What all of our events from galveston on cspan twos 2s tv. Up next on American History tv, historian, Kenneth Boling recounts how the sea became the capital of the united dates. His lecture and about how the location was chosen and includes the