>>>>> Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the
>>>>> "100 Women of the Century." BY BARBRA WALTERS
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 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 PJ's, 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 was
>>>>> dragged away.
>>>>> During the subsequent beating, he fell forward
>>>>> on to the camp Commandant's feet, which sent that officer
>>>>> berserk.
>>>>> In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from
>>>>> double vision (which permanently ended his
>>>>> flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied
>>>>> application of a wooden baton.
>>>>> From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the
>>>>> 47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6 years in the
>>>>> "Hanoi Hilton",,, the first three of which his
>>>>> family only knew he was "missing in action".
>>>>> His wife lived on faith that he was still alive.
>>>>> His group, too, got the cleaned-up, fed and
>>>>> 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 were alive and still
>>>>> survived. Each man secreted a tiny
>>>>> piece of paper, with his Social Security Number
>>>>> 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 all the little pieces of paper.
>>>>> Three men died from the subsequent beatings.
>>>>> Colonel Carrigan was almost number four but he survived,
>>>>> which is the only reason we
>>>>> know of 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 prisoner 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 only about 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 her.
>>>>> I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real
>>>>> treatment we POWs received... and how
>>>>> different it was from the treatment purported by
>>>>> the North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as
>>>>> "humane and lenient."
>>>>> Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky
>>>>> floor on my knees, with my arms outstretched
>>>>> with a large steel weights placed on my hands,
>>>>> and beaten with a bamboo cane.
>>>>> I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda
>>>>> soon after I was released. I asked her if she
>>>>> would be willing to debate me on TV. She never did answer me.
>>>>> These first-hand experiences do 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.
>>>>> RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF
>>>>> 716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of
>>>>> Maintenance
>>>>> DSN: 875-6431
>>>>> COMM: 883-6343
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