Posted on 08/15/2009 7:34:58 PM PDT by RobinMasters
In his recent appearance on the Roger Hedgecock Show, Richard Botkin, author of "Ride the Thunder," shares the heroic and largely untold story of how South Vietnamese warriors and their American counterparts almost won the Vietnam War.
Hedgecock's nationally syndicated daily radio show can be heard in 75+ markets and on XM Satellite. His show streams live on WND from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern.
Marine Capt. Botkin toured battlefields in Vietnam and has chronicled the Vietnamese military organization called TQLC, whose members, with their American advisers, "fought, bled, endured and triumphed against communism."
Botkin's book tells a new Vietnam history with a unique twist a happy and inspiring ending. It has been an instant hit with booksellers and reviewers, Vietnam vets and the South Vietnamese community in the U.S.
In his interview with Hedgecock, Botkin said his goal in writing the book was to "honor and affirm the warrior" with a story about brave men facing tough times and overcoming in the face of extreme adversity.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
NVA and VC won the war by simple fact:
Did not wanted to stop fighting. Period.
Your teacher is pretty wreong. You see, if US and allies could not have won the war in 50% of nowdays Vietnam, How would they have won the war if they captured 100% of nowdays Vietnam?
Just look at Afghanistan. Was it occupied? Yes. 100% occupied? Yes. Won? No.
Yes. NVA could have ben defeated, but VC would spread across entire nation.
There was a series of interviews, with Giap, that I vaguely remember seeing in either the late 80’s or early 90’s on one of the alphabets. The gist of one section of them was that very comment. I cannot remember if he said that precisely but he did allude to it. Since the interview was conducted by the alphabets, I am certain they would have edited that type of comment out. I do remember feeling a sense of vindication for what all the nam’ guys did and went through (I was too young). We discussed it on active duty quite a bit. A lot of anger towards the press monkeys at that time. We hated them with a flipping purple passion.
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