The following was forwarded to me by a friend.
I think there are enough concerned patriots on the list to appreciate it.
It even contains the obligatory MV content (F-4E).
Anyone know if the message is entirely factual?
Sorry if this is not the proper forum for this content.
Shawn Carver
scarver@tir.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:16 AM
Subject: need to know
Subject: Jane Fonda
Hanoi 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 they 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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