A buddy just sent me this:
> 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 Cam-bodia, 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 Cam-bodian
> 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
I'm not a VN vet, but I am an American and I sure would like to know the best way to raise a stink about this!
> 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 Cam-bodia, 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 Cam-bodian
> 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
I'm not a VN vet, but I am an American and I sure would like to know the best way to raise a stink about this!