Anyone care to comment on the following? I received this today, and am not in a position to check the reference at this time.
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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. Part of my conviction comes
from personal exposure to those who suffered her attentions. 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 1983-85, 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 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 were receiving, which was far 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. Please take
the time to forward to as many people as you possibly can. It will
eventually end up on her computer and she needs to know that we will never
forget.
Charles (Skip) Klingman
Asst. Professor of Music
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, OK 73096
(580) 774-3219 FAX: (580) 774-3795
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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. Part of my conviction comes
from personal exposure to those who suffered her attentions. 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 1983-85, 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 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 were receiving, which was far 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. Please take
the time to forward to as many people as you possibly can. It will
eventually end up on her computer and she needs to know that we will never
forget.
Charles (Skip) Klingman
Asst. Professor of Music
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, OK 73096
(580) 774-3219 FAX: (580) 774-3795