Night we add cspan here with some of new ground rules please put your phones on silent or turn them off for questions afterwards please stand up so they can get the microphone to you i am thrilled tonight to have jim here because this is a great book yet i read it i finished it last night and i thought why did i not read this earlier this is all about my family. My mother was a Third Generation graduate from his High School Graduating in a 1950 but she went to Sweetbrier College and had a friend of hers that was an Exchange Student from st. Andrews is in scotland and one day she said are you from their . She said i have never heard of it. Said she had to learn about it from somebody from scotland so whether she came, she was a little bit upset but my a grandfather was a republican type and his first cousin is quoted in the book as he had to leave town in 1957 but the person who cater tried to ask them to leave said she was bright as she went off to Sweetbrier College and good for my mo
It is an honor for me to participate in this program at this place. Committed to protecting and sharing the rich legacy of the units its maybe and its a particular pleasure for me to be with you. Last year, my wife susan and i, attended a performance of hamilton in new york. Many lines from the play struck me and stayed with me but one of them kept running through my head. Eliza hamilton, the widow of alexander hamilton, saying with the chorus of the Founding Fathers who lives, guys, tells your story. This is relevant to my remarks and its relevant to my book because in any war, any war and in any armed confrontation, i guess, the first questions are the determinative ones, who lives guys. Stripped of all other explanations about the purposes and to the goals of war, this is the fundamental human question that those who go to war must face. Indeed, its the cool purpose of war. Its best never to forget this, who lives, guys. Thats why i had so much trouble in recent years as politicians
We have mr. Right here today. During vietnam, an excellent book. Instead of giving it a quick note come will have the upper talk about it. Without further ado, mr. [applause] thank you, fellas. I like without further ado. It is an honor for me to participate in this program that displays, an institution committed to protect team and sharing the rich legacy of the United States navy. It is a particular pleasure for me to be here with you today. Im delighted to see veterans and friends and those of you who are curious to learn more about the vietnam war. I am honored to contribute, to try to contribute to the process of learning. I do want to talk about ipo. That is why im here today. I hope that is why you are here. Maybe the best way to do that is to try to describe why it is i wrote it, what it was trying to do and why i was trying to do that. Last year, my wife susan and i attended a performance of hamilton in new york. Many lines from that place struck me and stayed with me. But one
Instead of giving you the cliff notes will have the other talk about it. Without further ado, mr. Wright. [applause] thank you, philip. I like the further ado. Its an honor to me to participate in this program, at this place, an institution committed to protecting and sharing the rich legacy of the United States navy. Its a particular pleasure for me to be with you today. I am delighted to see veterans and friends and those of you who are curious to learn more about the vietnam war. Im honored to contribute to try to contribute to that process of learning. I do want to talk about my book. Thats why i am here today and i hope thats why you are here to. Maybe the best way to do that is to try to describe why it is i wrote it what i was trying to do and why i tried to do that. Last year my wife susan and i attended a performance of hamilton in new york. Many lines from that play struck me and stayed with me but one of them kept running through my head. Eliza hamilton, the widow of alexand
I guess we will just jump right in. We have mr. Wright here today. Instead of giving the cliff notes we will have him talk about it so without further ado. [applause] thank you, philip. I like without further ado. Is ait is an honor for me to participate in this program and this institution committed to protecting and sharing of a rich legacy of the United States navy. And its a particular pleasure for me to be with you today. Im delighted to see veterans and friends and those of you that are curious to learn a little bit more about the vietnam war. I am honored to try to contribute to that process of learning. I do want to talk about my book. That is why im here today and i hope that is why you are here. Maybe the best way to do that is to try to describe why it is i wrote what i was trying to do and why i was trying to do that. Last year, my wife suzanne and i attended a performance of hamilton in new york. Many lines from the play struck me and stayed with me but one kept running th