FYI--
Was sent to me by a fellow member of the USAF
This is for all the kids born in the 70's that do not
remember this, and didn't have to bear the burden, that
our fathers, mothers, and older brothers and sisters had to bear.
Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the "100 Women of
the Century." Unfortunately, many have forgotten and
still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda
betrayed not only the idea of our country but specific
men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam.
The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's
name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat. In 1978, the former
Commandant of the USAF Survival School was a POW in Ho Lo
Prison-the "Hanoi Hilton." Dragged from a stinking
cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean
PJs, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American
"Peace Activist" the "lenient and humane treatment" he'd
received. He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed, and dragged
away.
During the subsequent beating, he fell forward upon the
camp Commandant's feet, which sent that officer berserk.
In '78, the AF Col. still suffered from double vision
(which permanently ended his flying days) from the
Vietnamese Col.'s frenzied application of a wooden baton.
From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO
(F-4Es). He spent 6 -years in the "Hilton"- the first
three of which he was "missing in action". His wife lived
on faith that he was still alive. His group, too, got the
cleaned/fed/clothed routine in preparation for a "peace
delegation" visit.
They, however, had time and devised a plan to get word to
the world that they still survived. Each man secreted a
tiny piece of paper, with his SSN on it, in the palm of
his hand. When paraded before Ms. Fonda and a cameraman,
she walked the line, shaking each man's hand and asking
little encouraging snippets like: "Aren't you sorry you
bombed babies?" and "Are you grateful for the humane >
treatment from your benevolent captors?" Believing this
HAD to be an act, they each palmed her their sliver of
paper.
She took them all without missing a beat. At the end of
the line and once the camera stopped rolling, to the
shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned to the officer
in charge and handed him the little pile of papers. Three
men died from the subsequent beatings. Col. Carrigan was
almost number four but he survived, which is the only
reason we know about, her actions that day.
I was a civilian economic development advisor in Vietnam,
and was captured by the North Vietnamese communists in
South Vietnam in 1968, and held for over 5 years. I spent
27 months in solitary confinement, one year in a cage in
Cambodia, and one year in a "black box" in Hanoi. My
North Vietnamese captors deliberately poisoned and
murdered a female missionary, a nurse in a leprosarium in
Ban me Thuot, South Vietnam, whom I buried in the jungle
near the Cambodian border.
At one time, I was weighing approximately 90 lbs. (My
normal weight is 170 lbs.) We were Jane Fonda's "war
criminals."
When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was asked by the camp
communist political officer if I would be willing
to meet with Jane Fonda. I said yes, for I would like to
tell her about the real treatment we POWs received
different from the treatment purported by the North
Vietnamese, and parroted by Jane Fonda, as "humane and
lenient." Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky
floor on my knees with outstretched arms with a large
amount of steel placed on my hands, and beaten with a
bamboo cane till my arms dipped.
I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda for a
couple of hours after I was released. I asked her if she
would be willing to debate me on TV. She did not answer
me.
This does not exemplify someone who should be honored as
part of "100 Years of Great Women." Lest we forget..."100
years of great women" should never include a traitor
whose hands are covered with the blood of so many
patriots. There are few things I have strong visceral
reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in blatant
treason, is one of them.
edit, upon further info, it seems that this piece is a stretch of the truth. While she is still a treasoness winch that doesnt deserve citizenship in the USA, the above is an exaggeration to just fuel peoples hate for her. I don't hate jane fonda, however I find her actions during the Vietnam War dispicable, and have a hard time accepting her apology. I hope she redeems herself with God.
[ 10-23-2001: Message edited by: -ammo- ]
