WebFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Walk Out (DVD, 2010) at the best online prices at eBay! 1972: 'Hanoi' Jane--Text from CNN.com, "Vietnam: Echoes of War, Cultural Timeline" Jane Fonda -- actress, political activist and partner of anti-war And exocide (ph) and biocide. COLMES: She did say that she was sorry. It meant re-taking the same bloody ground over and over again. Watch "Hannity & Colmes" weeknights at 9 p.m. For a great many people, its not enough that Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, offered encouragement to an army that was daily killing her countrymen, climbed up on that anti-aircraft gun, insisted that all American prisoners were well treated, and so on. 1990) Pages 121-123. Jane Fonda and the Vietnam War. She went to Hanoi that year to tour villages, cities and infrastructure. A series of photos of her sitting at an NVA anti-aircraft battery earned her the nickname Hanoi Jane and the undying spite of Vietnam veterans everywhere. There were also rumors she turned over secret messages from POWs to their captors. America. The Ms. , we thought, would signal a bit of ironic distance from the broad, ingenu- ous affection contained in Miss America., It evidently didnt. If even one of them were true, it would change the entire focus of my article. In another she was looking into the Or to keep it anonymous, click here. Email us. Ramsey Clark went to Hanoi during the war. Radio broadcasts, which attempted to shame American troops: Fonda did record messages that the North Vietnamese played for Americans to weaken their resolve. Jane Fonda came clean in an interview with Chris Wallace about her Hanoi Jane days and her failure as a mother. [3] She praised the USSR for their support of the Viet Cong. It never happened. Her rebellion against the foreign policies of the United States suggested to many outraged Americans that treason might have an All-American face, a familiar accent, and be closer to home than the Other that had previously been assumed to embody the enemy. Outspoken host Elisabeth Hasselbeck left "The View" to join "Fox & Friends" in 2013, which she exited at the end of 2015. If I was used, I allowed it to happen. Many Americans traveled to Vietnam on peace delegations to end the war, yet it was Jane Fonda who was captured as a timeless image when she was photographed looking through a Viet Cong anti-aircraft gun. Just another old women of no consequence, don't give her any credit for ending the war, people like John Kerry and Max Cleland don't even think it's over yet. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. NORTH: The real story about Vietnam. One of the times it did, Im happy to say, was with Keith Nolan, the author of several books on the war, most recently Ripcord , a superb account of the 101st Airborne in the conflicts last great battle. They hadnt been able to vote on the virtues of the conflict, and they found themselves in mortal peril in the midst of an ugly, painful ordeal that a lot of vocal people back home thought was a criminal enterprise. In 2005, she apologized again on 60 The journey of Jane Fonda: Ive always been curious. "VIET NAM: A repeat scenario was played 10 years later under another banker-picked Democratic administration. Fifty years later, he bears witness again. But when you know why you did something, and youre willing to admit the mistakes that you made, but stand up for the things that you did that that mattered? Talking Points, WATCH: Greg Gutfeld and Bill Maher Riff About Incest Porn Because They Are Hilarious Comedians And Hell Exists, Cocaine Bear, Hold My Beer: Production Company Behind Sharknado Releasing Meth Gator Movie This Summer. The story surfaced on the Internet in 1999, and my guess is that it will live there a long time. And heres Cat Ballou, the beautiful daughter of Young Abe Lincoln, of Mister Roberts, beaming down from a machine designed to kill them. Jane Fonda is a star of stage and screen whose career began in 1960. Have a tip or story idea? Thank you, sir. LBJ and Congress share responsibility for the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, with its dubious basis, and everything that followed. Im not you know, they all went to jail. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Its more than being a traitor; millions of Americans felt treasonous during that war. She has reportedly been shopping a tell-all book this year. WebIn July of 1972 Jane Fonda went to Hanoi, North Vietnam, for a two-week tour of the country. And you were photographed sitting on an anti aircraft gun. https://twitter.com/MegynTODAY/status/955454505067470848. I mean, it depends on what you want to know. But it wasnt untilshe traveled to Hanoi in July 1972 that she really enraged criticsand fundamentally altered how the world viewed her for decades to come. She said in a 1973 interview elaborating on the hypocrites and liars statement that it would be understandable for the North Vietnamese to torture POWs who tried to escape. And the question I have is 50 years later, how do you look back on that particular chapter? So did Joan Baez and William Sloane Coffin, Noam Chomsky and Pete Seeger, Rennie Davis and Judy Collins. Im not you know, they all went to jail. During her two-week stay, Fonda concluded that America was unjustly bombing farmland and areas far flung from military targets. On the basis of those meetings alone, she proclaimed that American POW's weren't being mistreated, and that any who said they were mistreated werte either liars, or were simply experiencing punishment for their racist treatment and attitude towards their Vietnamese captors. Jane Fonda remains unforgiven. . From Urban Legends: As I tell my students when we discuss the proper use of testimony, we probably ought not to listen to Jane Fonda on things dealing with foreign affairs but if our goal is to rid our aging bodies from the ravages of cellulite then Fonda can be considered an authority! 5:15 After numerous apologies over four decades, its time to let Hanoi Jane Fonda off the hook for Vietnam. quote: Fonda was a political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War. For 70 years, American Heritage has been the leading magazine of U.S. history, politics, and culture. His replacement, General Ridgway, said after the war: "The reason we didn't win is because I was under orders not to win". They realized that the war was wrong, that we werent wanted there. Thats all the ground troops were going home. Subsequently communist China was awarded a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, its most powerful chair. Of course, she was a Vietnamese. Communism is an atheistic system, and even advocating it is a serious offense in my eyes (with or without war crimes participation). In fact, when the Tet Offensive broke, Jane Fonda was the featured pinup girl in that months issue of Leatherneck , the official publication of the Marines.. Many of our veterans still call her Hanoi Jane thanks to her radio broadcasts: True, but she doesnt just have the nickname because of the radio broadcasts. CHRIS WALLACE: Your most famous protest was 50 years ago when you went to North Vietnam at the height of the war there. If you must know, my original draft did make reference to the one true story that you mentioned. Maybe. She visited Russia in the early Sixties, and was personally impressed by the deference she received. WebDaughter of legendary Henry Fonda, actress, and activist was one of the most outspoken people against the Vietnam War at the age of 34. I dont think they know, Fonda said in a news conference when she returned home. I appealed to them to please consider what you are doing. Watch "Hannity & Colmes" weeknights at 9 p.m. I wanted to tell them what I was seeing as an American on the ground there. FONDA: I'm charging the government with genocide, with genocide. You know, we can we can scare her, and boy did they try? ED GRUMMETT, USMC: The night before we made the landing at Chu Yuan (ph) we were listening to Hanoi Hannah and how they were going to annihilate us on the beach. Jane Fonda remains unforgiven. In replying, I discovered that the Good Book notwithstanding, a soft answer turneth away wrath no more than zo percent of the time. Heres how we saw the article we ran: It is a survey of the singular career of a woman who both drove and was driven by many of the largest social concerns of her era, and who came to embody some of them. But he never met Jane Fonda, and he has no idea how the maddening tale attached itself to him. After countless apologies spanning four decades, Breitbarts John Nolte believes Hanoi Jane Fonda should finally be forgiven for her antics in Vietnam.. Fonda has said categorically that she was an adult at the time and called her I sang a song. They knew we were coming. Ramsey Clark went to Hanoi during the war. I sang a song. However, you may note that the Left still presumes to lecture the rest of us often concerning foreign policy on a regular basis. officers, toward the Chinese border amid cries of protest from Wall Street which feared war with "our trading partner" Red China. You will not be surprised to hear that I have bowdlerised the above considerably, removing racial designators and course expressions of various sorts. Its something very like the worst sort of lovers betrayal, the deep wound that time itself often is powerless to heal. The people who are speaking out against the war are the patriots. She said the radio addresses were the only way to get access to American soldiers, because she was barred from meeting them at their bases in South Vietnam. So I feel that well If I did was good, except that I shouldnt have set gone out to a military place. A photograph caught her looking through the scope of an anti-aircraft gun, surrounded by revolutionaries. I think so, and I would hope that all Americans will at least speak their minds at the movie box office and refuse to further enrich one of the greatest American traitors. wars the intention of which is not to win but to bleed) is quite plausible. Its something very like the worst sort of lovers betrayal, the deep wound that time itself often is powerless to heal. Even Trotsky, whose philosophy I do not advocate, could see this relationship between the capitalists and the communists clearly (hypocritically denouncing it, since he went along with it). Thats all the ground troops were going home. Market data provided by Factset. Its folklore, but folklore of a curiously evolved sort. And that we probably couldnt win it not because they werent a fabulous soldiers. [5]http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp; http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa110399b.htm; http://www.truthminers.com/truth/hanoi_jane.htm; cited on November 24, 2004. Jane Fonda came clean in an interview with Chris Wallace about her Hanoi Jane days and her failure as a mother. He was Americas most famous pediatrician. It is giving them the advantage of the propaganda visibility that this woman lent to them. quote: The media heaped calumny on U.S. military leadership; presented biased, horrifying scenes depicting "the wanton killing of Vietnamese civilians", and the "degeneracy" of our fighting men and women. I dug in my heels. As in Korea, communist spies within the U.S. government released vital information to the enemy. I mean, he realized that. February 25, 2023 / Jack Marshall. The financial elite then move into the vacuum, establish central banks, and issue debt-credit to the devastated populations. I would like to hear more about this. Kiran Chetry was a Fox News host from 2001 to 2007. Which goes to reinforce the old adage that no one is truly a waste of skin. Troop B, 2nd squadron, 17th Cavalry, RVN, 1969-70 There's nothing like a historian 'cherry-picking' his citations or only presenting a partial 'truth' from his source. Johnson solemnly announced that "Communist aggression must be stopped as a threat to American security!" Tom Cotton Gets Revenge On Liberal Media: Acting like lawyers for Chinese communists, Joy Behar Shocks World, Defends Marjorie Taylor Greene On The View, Kellyanne Conway and George Conway To Divorce After 22 Years of Marriage: Report, He started crying like a baby that lost his pacifier: Florida Sheriff On Tough Guy Rapper Arrested For Murder, White House Doctor Drops Friday Bombshell: Joe Biden Has Cancerous Tissue Removed, Ted Cruz Calls For Anthony Fauci To Be Prosecuted And Jailed For Lying To Congress, Robert F. Kennedy Jr Puts Biden On Notice, Says Hes Thinking About Running Against Joe In Dem Primary. I mean, the reality of it is that's not an apology. Again the secret policy of the financiers was: "containment of communism" while disallowing an American victory. Some lawmakers calledher actions treason. She was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun on a 1972 visit to Hanoi, during which she gained the nickname "Hanoi Jane". And therein lies the difference. Fonda wasnt deterred. It sounds loony until you actually think about it - and the general thesis of "no-win wars" (i.e. [1] According to a recent email that circulated to various Vietnam veterans, Fonda reportedly beat one POW, and betrayed the confidence of another, resulting in his death. ET! The "advisors" assisted inept South Vietnamese in their ongoing war against the North Vietnamese, who also happened to be communists. Fonda consorted with the enemy and made propaganda broadcasts on their behalf. Content and Programming Copyright 2005 Fox News Network, L.L.C. Heres the picture that was used to shut shut down American plants, critics, and there were millions of them, called you a Hanoi Jane and said you were a traitor. In 1972, Fonda toured North Vietnam, where she spoke against U.S. military policy in the country. I plead with him, You have to be sure those photographs are not published. I spent many years its when I made coming home talking to American soldiers, who had been in Vietnam and the things they told me were heartbreaking. That is not my place. Finally the brainwashed, confused, exhausted American public forced our government to surrender. No article of ours gets hundreds of letters, but this one did, very few of them friendly. However, it was a bit too long, and Dr. Shenkman needed it shortened in the interest of time. She and actor Donald Sutherland started an anti-USO troupe to counter Bob Hopes famous shows for the troops. He collects a group of American POWs from their septic dungeons, cleans them up, and has them mustered on parade to show his guest how well his embattled nation treats its prisoners. Chris Appy, a historian who has written about Vietnam, told HNN he once asked POW Porter Halyburton about the claims made against Fonda. Heres what she said in 2011: In my anger at the torture story that was being allowed to spread, at how the entire situation was being manipulated, I made a mistake I deeply regret. Alisyn Camerota hosted a number of Fox News programs during a 16-year run that ended in 2014. If I was Vietnamese, I probably would have tried to do the same thing, you know, but I should not have gone. NORTH (on camera): What did the guys in your squad say about this? Kelly responded with a cannon by bringing up the time Fonda posed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. How unfair! This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," April 6, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Her lawsuit started it all: Former Fox host Gretchen Carlson claims Ailes repeatedly sexually harassed her. I was not the kind of mother that I wished I had been to my children. Denying a final victory over a dedicated and skilled marxist enemy was a recipe for the murder of our men. [2] While criticizing America, she made laudatory comments about the Soviet Union. Fonda moves down the line, greeting each man with encouragements like Arent you ashamed you killed babies? as she shakes his hand. On campus, she was pushing her movement to turn U.S. soldiers into pacifists. I know what its supposed to be now. Here's what she's got. The actual allegation took the form of an email citing the alleged experiences of a number of Viet Nam War veterans at the hands of Jane Fonda. Also Read: 'Jane Fonda in Five Acts' Film Review: Doc Explores the Many Lives of the Actress-Activist, She posed on an antiaircraft gun used to shoot down our American pilots. True, by Fondas admission. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. They landed two months later on 7 May with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. One showed her applauding North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gunners. I dug in my heels. Id been getting pretty sour about the incensed patriots who would curse me and my family and confidently speak on behalf of all veterans living and dead, and the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress, to declare I was a disgrace to America for running that storythen conclude by smugly assuring me they would never read it. But the reality of it is, Alan, this is a woman,who I quite frankly feel sorry for. It was my mistake, and I have paid and continue to pay a heavy price for it. Article 3, section three of the Constitution defines treason as "levying war against the United States or adhering to their enemies or giving them aid and comfort.". (Later, after 58,152 American dead were just names on a wall, declassified US Navy logs revealed there had been no torpedo attack!). As the war raged, the one-time blonde bombshell cut her naturally brown hair short, trading sex appeal for liberal activism and rebranding herself as a political crusader against the war. By July 1972, when Fonda accepted an invitation to visit North Vietnam, America had been at war overseas and with itself for years. Here is my best, honest recollection of what took place. A young photographer took this harrowing image of the Vietnam War. The other stories allege a far more direct participation in war crimes on the part of Fonda. However, when my credibility is challenged, I will respond. GRUMMETT: Don't worry about it, you know? . Dr. Rockefeller certainly did not defend Communism as a "Jewish" system, since it is the Hebrew Bible that was the basis of our Common Law, and hence much of our Constitutional Order. And I didnt even think and they sang me a song and Im made me laugh. It all has nothing to do with where I am sitting. I make it a habit not to intervene as an intern. . The alleged mission was to prevent communism from spreading to South Korea, a peninsula pointed at now disarmed Japan. He hadnt liked the story but at least was willing to discuss it. There was a real Colonel Carrigan, and he was a POW in Vietnam. Jane Fondas first impression of Americas involvement in Vietnam was that it was a just cause. It was the last day of my two week time there. I get up, and as I start to walk back to the car with the translator, the implication of what has just happened hits me. The war was being fought by the air during during the Nixon administration. There was a real Colonel Carrigan, and he was a POW in Vietnam. They called it FTA, which they said stood for Free the Army, but it was also a not-so-subtle nod to the expression f the Army.. I'm not going to tell you anything of the sort. She also spoke about her infamous protests. Its folklore, but folklore of a curiously evolved sort. I mean, that's what you and I do with our wives when we say something that we shouldn't have said. Mr. Nolan wrote something that helped me better understand the fury of this sort of reaction. It was the last day of my two week time there. Fonda moves down the line, greeting each man with encouragements like Arent you ashamed you killed babies? as she shakes his hand. Have a tip we should know? [2] Peter Collier, The Fondas; A Hollywood Dynasty. It never happened. [1] Cited on November 24, 2004. Though Fonda has been an activist throughout her life, the only other time she has spent the night in jail was in 1970, when she was 32, on a speaking tour protesting the Vietnam War. To license content, please contact licenses [at] americanheritage.com. Nevertheless, there are Vietnam veterans out there who served in the war zone before 1969 who are convinced that Jane Fonda was in cahoots with the Commies during their own tours. A new HBO documentary on Fondas life, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, explores the fallout for the actress, who is now 80. Congress held hearings. You have "War Stories" coming up. We have no right to bomb military targets in Vietnam. For a great many people, its not enough that Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, offered encouragement to an army that was daily killing her countrymen, climbed up on that anti-aircraft gun, insisted that all American prisoners were well treated, and so on. I mean, the fact is, there's no statute on treason, by the way. Thus, Europe, Russia, China, Korea, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, the Middle East were turned into killing grounds, and their existing governments destroyed. MacArthur complained that his conduct of the war was compromised by spies within the U.S. government: "The enemy receives my (Pentagon) directives before I do". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, HANNITY: That's quite often in my case, by the way. There's no denying that she defamed POWs by whitewashing the Viet Cong's treatment of them and later calling them liars when they spoke out."

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