Was She A Traitor

I honestly do not know what is the truth in regards to Jane Fonda... but if the following that I received in my email is true it is a shame...  I copied the picture and the email exactly as it was... I'm not personally advocating forwarding it... what I'd like to know is the truth... The way lies get perpetuated online just because someone wrote all this doesn't make it so... or not so... anybody know anything about this???In Memory of my brother-in-law LT. C. Thomsen Wielandwho spent 100 days at the Hanoi Hilton  She really was a Traitor   IF YOU NEVER FORWARDED ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE FORWARD THIS   SO THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW!!!!!!      She really was a traitorA TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONOREDKEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA      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 WALTERS     Unfortunately, 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 pilot  The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat.     In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAFSurvival 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 humanetreatment' he'd received.       He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed and was dragged away.During the subsequent beating, he fell forwardon to the camp Commandant 's feet which   sent that officer berserk     In 1978, the 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 '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 st ill 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 eachman's hand and asking little encouragingsnippets like: 'Aren't you sorry you bombedbabies?' and 'Are you grateful for the humanetreatment 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 theend of the line and once the camera stoppedrolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs,she turned to the officer in charge and handedhim 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; oneyear 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 a large steel weights placed on my hands,and beaten with a bamboo cane.       I had the opportunity to meet with Jane 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 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, USAF 716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief ofMaintenance DSN: 875-6431 COMM: 883-6343