Ride the Thunder

Sep 25, 2009

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation

Richard Botkin talked about his book Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph (WND Books; July 2, 2009). In his book Richard Botkin, who was a United States Marine Corps officer, profiles U.S. and Vietnamese troops who, he argues, were winning the war in Vietnam in the early 1970s before the U.S. Congress decided to pull .. Read More
Richard Botkin talked about his book Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph (WND Books; July 2, 2009). In his book Richard Botkin, who was a United States Marine Corps officer, profiles U.S. and Vietnamese troops who, he argues, were winning the war in Vietnam in the early 1970s before the U.S. Congress decided to pull out of the conflict. Richard Botkin talked about celebrating character, bravery, and sacrifice as he outlined the stories of the men profiled. He also spoke about their wives. Mr. Botkin contrasted the image of the Vietnam War with World War II and the propoganda images of the wars. After his remarks he responded to a few questions, and Colonel Camp (Ret.) also made remarks. Retired Marine Colonel Gerry Turley, one of the people profiled in the book, also attended this luncheon at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT A THRILL IT IS FOR ME TO BE HERE AT THE MUSEUM....
00:19:01 Unidentified Speaker JOHN RIPLEY GAVE THE ORDER. HE DID NOT PARTICIPATE.
00:19:03 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. YOU HAVE TO READ THE BOOK. THANK YOU, CHUCK.
00:19:09 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. THANKS, DICK. [APPLAUSE]
00:19:17 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. FOLKS, HE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN OUR MUSEUM STORE TO SIGN BOOKS IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO...
00:19:48 Unidentified Speaker AT A TIME AND A CRISIS WE ENTERED THE COMMAND CENTER THAT WOULD HAVE THE ATTACK. AND THE ARMY OFFICER...
00:21:58 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE ONE QUESTION.
00:22:00 Unidentified Speaker WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR --
00:22:03 Unidentified Speaker YOU CAN GO, SIR.
00:22:04 Unidentified Speaker WHY DID YOU GET YOUR TITLE?
00:22:08 Unidentified Speaker THANKS FOR ASKING. "RIDE THE THUNDER" I BORROWED FROM A FEDDY ROOSEVELT SPEECH. -- TEDDY ROOSEVELT...
00:23:30 Unidentified Speaker HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MARINE.
00:23:32 Unidentified Speaker AND HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MARINE, YES. INSTEAD OF A ROUGH RIDER.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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