Earlier this year, Providence Journal reporter Randall Richard began looking back at the Vietnam War and its causes. The project was spurred in part by conferences being held by Brown University that bring together principal players from the time. The following stories -- and those to come -- reflect an effort to answer this question on the behalf of those who lost their lives in Vietnam: Why did I have to die?

06/17/97
BACK TO VIETNAM
Beer and memory in a small, hot place

06/29/97
REVISITING A LOST CAUSE

11/09/97
VIETNAM: OUR DEAD ASK WHY

11/18/97
Diplomats see progress in ties with Vietnam