Note From Tami Jackson, editor of Barbwire where this post first appeared: One of the great honors of my life was to work as the Social Media Marketing Director for Richard Botkin’s Ride the Thunder movie — a film that told the TRUTH about Vietnam: that our soldiers were honorable and fighting a righteous war, helping the South Vietnamese battle the Communists. I saw South Vietnamese weep after watching the film, their story told at last. And to all the men who fought in Vietnam, thank-you from the bottom of my heart and “Welcome home!” To Rich, thanks for giving me the privilege of being part of the Ride the Thunder family, part of a group whose worthy goal was, to tell the truth! Tami Jackson
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By Richard Botkin
“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.” Richard Nixon’s
