“No Fail” Fridays

[This is the fourth in a series. It will be a weekly challenge to historians: The Son Tay Raid was a SUCCESS. No qualifier is appropriate. Over these next few Fridays, I’ll show you why.]

Challenge 4: There is a word that is too often used in conversations about the Son Tay Raid. That word should be banished from any analysis of the Raid. You could say it’s an ‘F-word.’ We will challenge your thinking. It may take some humility to accept the truth. For far too long, the humility requirement has only been one-way. The truth is only revealed when you can take on a more mature mindset.

On this eve of our 2020 election, our nation may feel more divided than ever before.

But it’s not true: 50 years ago, we were as divided as we are today (arguably more).

1968-1970 had seen racial riots in our major cities. Police were being called “pigs.” Socialists and Communists played prominently in the 1968 Presidential election. In 1970 “Global COOLING” was the alarm. The Oil & Gas industry was portrayed as a villain. Celebrities held fundraisers for Black Panther Party who were ambushing police officers with guns and bombs.
But in those years, there was much more: Assassinations of MLK and RFK, the Vietnam War, the anti-war movement, Kent State, and Hanoi Jane.

Into this came a heart-warming story of noble men: The Son Tay Raid.
No matter your party affiliation, we can choose to acknowledge that President Nixon nobly championed the Raiders. We can all give thanks for Nixon’s honorable commitment to the men of the Raid both before and after.

But this is not about President Nixon—it’s about America…because the American people spoke with unified praise of the Son Tay Raid. After all the finger pointing in Senate hearings, the following resolutions from the sovereign body speaking on behalf of the people of the United States proclaimed the beauty of the Son Tay Raid.

Read the stories of the Raiders, told in their own words, in Who Will Go.

Click Here:  The book.