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
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