[1000mp] Fw: Remember

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:02:28 -0500

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From: Francis Whittier=20
To: Adolph Mattson=20
Cc: Harold Hutchinson ; Gary Gray ; Bill Burkhart=20
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:36 AM
Subject: Fw: Remember

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To: Francis L LaFratta ; Joe ; Fran Whittier=20
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:01 AM
Subject: Fw: Remember

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Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 11:07 PM
Subject: Remember

Subject: Remember Jane?

Subj: KEEP THIS MOVING; ACROSS AMERICA HONORING A TRAITOR This is for =
all the kids born in the 70's that do not remember this, and didn't have =
to bear the burden, that our fathers, mothers, and older brothers and =
sisters had to bear. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the "100 =
Women of the Century." 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.=20

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 dragged away.=20

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 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4E's).  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.=20

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.=20

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.=20

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.=20

At one time, I was weighing approximately 90 lbs.  (My normal weight is =
170 lbs.) We were Jane Fonda's "war criminals."=20

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 =
received 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.=20

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.=20

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.=20

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.

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