Yes, Jane Fonda did kill someone

> > I am forwarding this in memory of my beloved husband who never forgot, nor 
> > forgave, Hanoi Jane for her betrayal.  This is for you, Jim!  .............Pam
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded by Jacquie Martens/Seattle/PSG on 09/25/00 08:35 AM -----
> > 
> > Never Forget
> > 
> > Let us not forget those who went before us.
> > 
> > Here's some interesting info...
> > 
> > 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 1968, 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, and 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.
> > 
> > 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 camera man, 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 slivers 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 weighed 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, that 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 every time 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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