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: 'Are
n'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 Jan e 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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3 comments:
Yeah, whatever.
http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp
The real traitors in all that were Nixon and his cabinet of thugs. Go ahead, look it up.
the sad part is they don't even realize we know it's all lies.. I can't imagine living in such a fog
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