Veterans’ documentary aims to change narrative on Vietnam War

A group of Atlanta veterans has produced a documentary film to counter what it calls “decades of misinformation” about U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Featuring commentary by historians and those who served, “Truths and Myths of the Vietnam War” looks at the treatment of returning veterans, media influence, the antiwar movement and humanitarian acts by U.S. troops – and challenges the predominant view that the war was unwinnable. 

“None of us had any experience making a film, writing a script or any of this,” says Jim Dickson, secretary of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association (AVVBA) Foundation.

“It was something we believed in strongly, though, and put our hearts into …. We'd seen things written (about the Vietnam War) and movies and so forth, and thought, ‘Gee, that isn't really the way it was.’ We knew there was a strong need for it.”