Chris Appy, a historian who has written about Vietnam, told HNN he once asked POW Porter Halyburton about the claims made against Fonda. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Its more than being a traitor; millions of Americans felt treasonous during that war. Her suit was later settled for a reported $20 million. Forget? Watch "Hannity & Colmes" weeknights at 9 p.m. He hadnt liked the story but at least was willing to discuss it. For 70 years, American Heritage has been the leading magazine of U.S. history, politics, and culture. And you know, maybe I was set up but I was an adult, its Im gonna take responsibility for it. It hurts me, she said, and it will to my grave that I made a huge, huge mistake that made a lot of people think I was against the soldiers., The Dragon Lady: How Madame Nhu helped escalate the Vietnam War. Many Americans traveled to She so symbolized the divided nation, hawks arrayed against her and doves siding with her, that she became a personal target, most recently with allegations about personal involvement in the mistreatment of POWs. Thats what made me laugh. Truman warned Chiang to integrate communists into China's nationalist government or American aid would be withdrawn. They realized that the war was wrong, that we werent wanted there. In July of 1972, she made two trips to Hanoi which earned her the nickname Hanoi Jane. 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. 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. And its about a woman who had a capacity for reinvention that, like Jay Gatsbys, was the more effective for her whole-souled belief in what she devised. JANE FONDA: it was a mistake to go, I never wanted to go to any military installations. re: Jane Fonda visiting BR this weekend Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:43 am to Chipand2Putts. 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. [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. I have great, great children, talented, smart, and I just didnt know how to do it. CHRIS WALLACE: Your most famous protest was 50 years ago when you went to North Vietnam at the height of the war there. 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. Andrea Tantaros, former co-host of "The Five," filed a lawsuit saying that Fox News operated like a "sex-fueled, Playboy-Mansion-like cult.". Whereupon Truman dismissed MacArthur for insubordination. CHRIS WALLACE: Your most famous protest was 50 years ago when you went to North Vietnam at the height of the war there. Heres her explanation, from 2011: I had decided to do the broadcasts because I was so horrified by the bombing of civilian targets and I wanted to speak to U.S. pilots as I had done on so many occasions during my visits to U.S. military bases and at G.I. "Because of this," the narrative continues, "I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees with outstretched arms with a piece of steel placed on my hands, and beaten with a bamboo cane every time my arms dipped." This "police action" quickly developed into a full-blown but undeclared war. Again and again against incredible odds, and at great cost in American casualties, U.S. forces stopped the enemy; but were prevented by President Truman from administering the coup de grace. And I don't NORTH: Well, that's not going to happen. 1990) Pages 121-123. In her book, she says she's a Christian. I am trying to show up now.. (Later, after 58,152 American dead were just names on a wall, declassified US Navy logs revealed there had been no torpedo attack!). I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. What followed was a long-lasting wave of criticism and international outrage that earned Fonda the nickname " Listen closely. 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. And I didnt even think and they sang me a song and Im made me laugh. Have a tip we should know? 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. I mean, you know, of all manner of slings and arrows were thrown my way. This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," April 6, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. It may be an old story, but being that she never stood trial for her actions still make her case an open book. Over the years, as Fonda reinvented herself as a fitness maven and again a movie star, she apologized many times for the antiaircraft gunphoto. . But she was advised by other activists to focus her political energies, deciding to go all-in as an impassioned voice for the antiwar movement. 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Was Jane Fonda's sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun that was used to shoot at and kill Americans, and launching an anti-American PR campaign with the North Vietnamese giving aid and comfort? Its folklore, but folklore of a curiously evolved sort. It was to these traditional Americans, alienated by the Sixties, that the email was targeted, playing on their hopes that finally, at long last, Jane Fonda would have to answer for her choices. 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. Imagine its the Battle of the Bulge and Betty Grable is up on top of a German tank saying the Yanks are fighting an evil war. Its not a preposterous analogynot as far as the soldiers involved are concerned. However, since the majority of the stories cited in the e-mail have no proof behind them, I had to either give the e-mail "thumbs down" or "thumbs up" on the basis of the overall validity. Ms. Fonda's actions, however, directly affected helpless individual captives and their families. Considering the admonition about Caesar's wife, perhaps HNN should remove you as an intern. Lets break down her remarks. And heres Cat Ballou, the beautiful daughter of Young Abe Lincoln, of Mister Roberts, beaming down from a machine designed to kill them. If even one of them were true, it would change the entire focus of my article. I don't want people putting words into my mouth, saying "you're going to tell us all these bankers and financiers are Jewish", for instance. Now, I can't judge her heart but it's a different manifestation of Christianity than John Paul II (search). It meant re-taking the same bloody ground over and over again. Someone (I dont remember who) leads me toward the gun, and I sit down, still laughing, still applauding. 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. She now hosts "New Day" on CNN. Especially considering that the Republican Party has obviously now been captured by the same forces (the 'Illuminati', hehehe). Sheturned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of the reasonsfor her departure was to spend more time with her kids. Fondas wide-ranging response went from apologetic to defiant and everywhere in between: CHRIS WALLACE: Your most famous protest was 50 years ago when you went to North Vietnam at the height of the war there. I mean, it depends on what you want to know. I mean, that's what you and I do with our wives when we say something that we shouldn't have said. YOU'VE REACHED YOUR MONTHLY ARTICLE LIMIT. They realized that the war was wrong, that we werent wanted there. But literally working hand-in-hand with the enemy to promote their cause to a worldwide audience was not protected by the First Amendment then just as it is not protected now. I mean, the reality is, there were 24,000 American troops on the ground in South Vietnam. Dave CHRIS WALLACE: Who the people in the Nixon administration? Fonda wasnt deterred. 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. The 85-year-old Fonda has had a lengthy career as a Hollywood icon that includes her current turn in the film 80 For Brady, an equally long stint as an outspoken liberal, a fitness craze that began in the infancy of home video, and much more. Meanwhile the mass media suddenly reversed its pro-war policy: denying our beleaguered troops moral support from home. She said: I have very few regrets. I would like to hear more about this. ( New York: G.P. Even so, I'm going to keep an eye open to purchase one of the urinal mats with her photograph depicted upon it. The cover called her Ms. For example, she went on Radio Hanoi a number of times, while our troops, your friends, were being shot at by an enemy in Vietnam, saying our POWs were in good health. As Jane Fonda promotes her new film, "Monster-in-Law", its up to all of us to let our children know about the specific activities she undertook during the Vietnam War. FONDA: I'm charging the government with genocide, with genocide. Kiran Chetry was a Fox News host from 2001 to 2007. Yeah, said my stepdaughter, Jill, when I told her about this. Mao Tse-Tung, of "Little Red Book" fame, and darling of the New York-Hollywood "elite", then proceeded to murder 65 million of his countrymen in what David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski call "a glorious revolution." Market data provided by Factset. Troop B, 2nd squadron, 17th Cavalry, RVN, 1969-70 "Hanoi Run" from USSR to Viet Nam, was produced in Russian plants that had been built by American companies and financed by the Federal Reserve System. As in Korea, communist spies within the U.S. government released vital information to the enemy. Thus, the U.S.A. deliberately betrayed its former ally Chiang Kai-Shek and gave mainland China to communism. 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. Have a tip or story idea? Heres a transcript of her remarks so you can judge for yourself. CHRIS WALLACE: Who the people in the Nixon administration? And four months later, the bombing stopped of the dikes. She said that she regretted it. Oh, my God. Watch above via HBO Max and CNNs Whos Talking to Chris Wallace. She called our POWs hypocrites and liars and referred to their torture as understandable. 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. And I refused to have them scare me away from being actively against the Vietnam War. It was the last day of my two week time there. Colonel, Michelle Malkin (search) actually discovered other quotes that she had said. She now works at Reuters. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How are you, G.I. Hundreds of Americans had gone to North Vietnam, journalists diplomats, our Secretary of State Ramsey Clark, Vietnam veterans, but I said but a movie star hasnt gone and maybe if I go it will draw more attention, and thats what it did. Only the bankers know. Just before that experience, she said the words that continued to play through her head were: All men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. T. Jefferson. wars the intention of which is not to win but to bleed) is quite plausible. In 1972, Fonda toured North Vietnam, where she spoke against U.S. military policy in the country. And it was a terrible mistake because of the image that it showed, which was not at all what the reality was. Enjoy the rest of the conversation. But the reality of it is, Alan, this is a woman,who I quite frankly feel sorry for. But look, you have more to talk to us about something you're going to show us. Her name was Jane Fonda. After all, she is an American; surely shell carry the message home to the families that their husband or son is alive. Jane Fonda sparked outrage among war veterans when she was pictured sitting on an anti-aircraft gun in 1972 during the Vietnam War, earning her the nickname Hanoi Jane. Truman refused. 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). Fondas transformation from actress to activist began several years earlier. In replying, I discovered that the Good Book notwithstanding, a soft answer turneth away wrath no more than zo percent of the time. "CHINA: Following WWII, Mao Tse-Tung, financed by the international banks, led his Chinese communists in an armed conflict against nationalist China under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, America's ally against Japan. It was treason, nothing more and nothing less. AND Jane Fonda remains unforgiven. What most Viet-Nam veterans think about Jane Fonda is expressed in a number of products sold by D & G Enterprises, Finally the brainwashed, confused, exhausted American public forced our government to surrender. HANNITY: All right. And number three: you've got the propaganda broadcasts themselves, where she substitutes for Hanoi Hannah, who broadcasts to the American troops all the time. NORTH: As a matter of fact, no. I think that there is a lot of selectivity going on. Fonda addresses the media in December 1972 to protest U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. 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. Megyn Kelly lit into Jane Fonda on Monday, highlighting the behavior that earned the actress the nickname Hanoi Jane while defending the time last fall when she questioned Fonda about plastic surgery. 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 sang a song. Fonda was accused of engaging in war crimes on behalf of the North Vietnamese. The financial elite then move into the vacuum, establish central banks, and issue debt-credit to the devastated populations. 's and eMediaMillWorks, Inc.'s copyrights or other proprietary rights or interests in the material. We have no right to attack that country. I know what its supposed to be now. Jane Fonda was more than just an actress born to a wealthy and prominent Hollywood family. All of the facts, in retrospect, lead to the conclusion that the U.S. government's purpose in dragging America into Korea was not to defeat communism but to kill as many Americans as possible in an ignoble defeat, get rid of the hero MacArthur as a possible presidential nominee, and lure a disillusioned America into acceptance of one world government. Due to actions and images some people consider unpatriotic or treasonous, she earned 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. And the more they tried, the more I. JANE FONDA: I know what Im doing. Perhaps most dramatically, in March 1973, the Maryland state legislature held a hearing to have Fonda and her films barred from the state. On campus, she was pushing her movement to turn U.S. soldiers into pacifists. CHRIS WALLACE: Your most famous protest was 50 years ago when you went to North Vietnam at the height of the war there. There was a real Colonel Carrigan, and he was a POW in Vietnam. I'm not going to tell you anything of the sort. COLMES: She didn't say the words she wanted her to say. Congress held hearings. This weekend's special I mean, this is very moving. Four die; one, Col. Larry Carrigan, survivesjust barely, but it is he who tells about the incident. JANE FONDA: I know what Im doing. Joe? However, the allegation that she abused American POWs is not true. Trusted Writing on History, Travel, and American Culture Since 1949. Look it, there were clandestine operations conducted in every war. 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. Peter Braunsteins article speculated that Jane Fonda had this ability to a degree unique in modern times. You know, I have an organization in Georgia that deals with adolescents, and Ive studied parenting. So setting aside the issue of whether plastic surgery has anything to do with Vietnam, is Kelly right about Fondas record? The Army builds a tolerance for violence, she shouted at the crowd. All were hired by Roger Ailes, the former network boss who exited in August 2016 amid a sexual harassment scandal. MacArthur was denied his request to attack enemy forces massing across the Yalu border in preparation for attack. She and actor Donald Sutherland started an anti-USO troupe to counter Bob Hopes famous shows for the troops. She visited Russia in the early Sixties, and was personally impressed by the deference she received. ET!. They held signs that read Forgive? But Jane Fonda: Cancel my subscription!, In replying, I discovered that the Good Book notwithstanding, a soft answer turneth away wrath no more than zo percent of the time. Ms. Fonda only met with those POW's who had sold out their fellow POW's, who willingly (without torture) made propaganda statements for their captors, and who enjoyed privileges of medical care, food, and even night-time excursions into Hanoi to watch movies in return. In Hanoi, Fonda also met with seven American POWs and later said they asked her to tell their friends and family to support presidential candidate George McGovern; they feared theyd never be freed during a Richard Nixon administration. However, when my credibility is challenged, I will respond. and how good she feels in her 70s. Subsequently communist China was awarded a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, its most powerful chair.
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