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I`m sure many of you, as myself, remember Jane Fondas trip to Vietnam.

>This is for all the kids born in the 70's who donot remember, and didn't
have to
>bear theburden that our fathers, mothers and olderbrothers and sisters
had
>to bear.Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the"100 Women of the
>Century."BY BARBRA WALTERSUnfortunately, many have forgotten and
>stillcountless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only
the
>idea of our country,but specific men who served and sacrificedduring
>Vietnam.* * * * * * * *The first part of this is from an F-4E pilotThe
>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 wasordered 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 forwardonto the camp Commandant's feet, which sent that
officer
>berserk.In 1978, that Air Force Colonel still suffered fromdouble
vision
>(which permanently ended hisflying career) from the Commandant's
>frenziedapplication of a wooden baton.From 1963-65, Col. Larry
Carrigan was
>in the47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6 years in the"Hanoi Hilton",,, the
first
>three of which hisfamily only knew he was MIA - "missing in
action".His
>wife lived on faith that he was still alive.His group, too, got the
>cleaned-up, fed andclothed routine, in preparation for a "peace
delegation"
>visit.They, however, had time and devised a plan toget word to the
world
>that they were alive and still survived.Each man secreted a tinypiece
of
>paper, with his Social Security Numberon it, in the palm of his
hand.When
>paraded before Ms. Fonda and acameraman, 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
eachpalmed
>her their sliver of paper.She took them all without missing a beat.At
the
>end of the line and once the camera stoppedrolling, 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 weknow of her actions that day.I was a civilian
economic
>development advisorin Vietnam, and was captured by the NorthVietnamese
>communists in South Vietnam in1968, 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
>deliberatelypoisoned and murdered a female missionary, anurse in a
>leprosarium in Ban me Thuot, SouthVietnam, whom I buried in the jungle
near
>theCambodian 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 bythe camp communist political officer if I
wouldbe
>willing to meet with her.I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about
the
>realtreatment we POWs received... and howdifferent it was from the
>treatment purported bythe North Vietnamese, and parroted by her
as"humane
>and lenient."Because of this, I spent three days on a rockyfloor on my
>knees, with my arms outstretchedwith large steel weights placed on my
>hands......and beaten with a bamboo cane.* * * * * * * *I had the
>opportunity to meet with Jane Fondasoon 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 exemplifysomeone 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 arecovered with the
blood
>of so many patriots.There are few things I have strong
visceralreactions
>to, but Hanoi Jane's participation inblatant treason, is one of
them.Please
>take the time to forward to as manypeople as you possibly can.It will
>eventually end up on her computer andshe needs to know that we will
never
>forget.RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief
of
>MaintenanceDSN: 875-6431COMM: 883-6343PLEASE HELP BY SENDING THIS TO
>EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SEE THIS MAYBE
HERSTATUS
>WILL CHANGE