As a young bride in 1970, I walked through the Denver airport with my injured husband, a veteran of the Vietnamese War as we headed for home after his release from the Marine Corps.   Dressed in his uniform, his head bandaged from a severe shrapnel wound, limping from numerous injuries to other parts of his body, various people spat on him, called him names and booed him as we passed through the terminal. 

My husband fought in that war, one started under the pretense of an attack that never happened against the US, by Lyndon Johnson.  Like our soldiers of today he believed he was fighting for his country, for freedom and was prepared to give his life in that war and very nearly did so.  And like our soldiers of today, had to come to the realization that he was simply a pawn for government and corporate interests. 

While I vehemently oppose the current wars, I would never under any circumstances oppose, denigrate or diminish those who have and who do serve.  I would have enough sense to remember they fought for us. 

I also remember Hanoi Jane.  I remember the rage at this woman’s betrayal of our soldiers who suffered at the hands of the North Vietnamese because of her betrayal.  And Obama wants to honor her?  For what?  Marti

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Barbara Walters & Comments on Jane Fonda

She can lead her present life the way she wants and perhaps SHE can
forget the past, but we DO NOT have to stand by without comment to see
that she is “honored” as a “Woman of the Century”.

Never Forgive A Traitor

Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the ‘100 Women of the Century’.

BARBARA WALTERS WRITES:

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 Banme 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 weight 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

PLEASE HELP BY SENDING THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.

IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SEE THIS MAYBE HER STATUS WILL CHANGE.