Just because you *can* mail something en masse doesn't mean that you
*should*.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Cribbs"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 2:48 PM
Subject: not cisco but interesting... [7:14547]
> This is not cisco, but alot of things aren't. I received this from my
> brother-n-law. Any vietnam vets out there in cisco land?
>
> It is entitled: "Who is doing the honoring?"
>
> =================================
> Who is doing the honoring? Whether or not you believed in the war, this is
> the story of an American's reprehensible actions towards other Americans
who
> were ordered to serve and did serve. McCain has "forgiven" her, more in
the
> spirit of making peace with another human being. He would probably not
> support this award. Pass it on if you agree. Has THAT much time past? Have
> Americans forgotten? Read this (its signed at the bottom): REMEMBER, SHE
WAS
> KNOWN TO US ALL AS - "HANOI JANE. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of
the
> ''100 Great Women of the Century.'' Unfortunately many have forgotten, and
> still countless others have never known, how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only
> 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 a McDonnell
Douglas
> F-4E Phantom 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 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 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 I buried in the jungle
near
> the Cambodian border. At one time, I was weighing approximately 90 lbs.
(My
> normal weight 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 this on 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. If having Jane Fonda named one
> of the woman of the century bothers you as much as it does me, then mail
> this to everyone on your Email list.
>
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