Jane Fonda - 100 Greatest Traitors

I have not forgotten this woman's deeds. And in 40 years, she has never once said she was sorry for her actions of treason and treachery. I will not forget.

A TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONORED

This is for all the kids born in the 70's and later who do not remember, and didn't have to bear the burden that America's fathers, mothers and older brothers and sisters had to bear. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the '100 Women of the Century.' by Barbara Walters.

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.

In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF Survival School was a POW in Ho Lo Prison the ' Hanoi Hilton.' An F-4E pilot by the name of Jerry Driscoll was 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 the47 FW/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.

RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF 716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of Maintenance DSN: 875-6431 COMM: 883-6343 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. He spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one year in a cage in Cambodia; and one year in a 'black box' in Hanoi. His North Vietnamese captors deliberately poisoned and murdered a female missionary in front of him, a nurse in a leprosarium in Ban me Thuot, South Vietnam. He buried her in the jungle near the Cambodian border. At one time, he weighed only about 90 lbs. (his normal weight is 170 lbs). He was one of Hanoi Jane's "war criminals. He was asked if he would meet with her and he said yes. He said he wanted to tell her about the real treatment the POWs received. He wanted her to know it was different from the treatment purported bythe North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as 'humane and lenient.' Because of this, he later spent three days on a rocky floor on his knees, with his arms outstretched with a large steel weights placed on his hands, and beaten with a bamboo cane. After the war ended he had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda. He asked her if she would be willing to debate me on TV. She never did answer.

Nor has she ever repented for her actions, words, or deeds during that time in history. She has never asked forgiveness of the men she caused to endure more pain and torture. Nor the families of the men that died as a result of her betrayal.

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. Hanoi Jane's participation in blatant treason, is one of them. Feel free to forward to as many people as you possibly can. Perhaps it will eventually end up on her computer and she needs to know that we will never forget.