From Jack Ginter RD-3 United States Navy from 67 to 71, on Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:28:21 GMT (in response to: Jane Fonda)
KEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA > HONORING A TRAITOR > 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 1968, the former > 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. > > 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. >
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