HANOI JANE RIDES AGAIN

(Hanoi Jane is) Faking contrition to pitch (new) book and (new) movie.   Read the article at:

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...DO  YOU  REMEMBER  JOAN  BAEZ...  Jane didn't like Joan's Politics, so Jane used her influence.        (Story below.) http://home.earthlink.net/~american_families/id18.html

 

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By Staff Writer: Rick Townsend
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  04/06/05 

Vietnam combat wounded Jere Beery of Jefferson Ohio is infuriated by a new book written by 1970s anti-war activist Jane Fonda. Beery, a long critic of Fonda’s is calling for a nationwide boycott of the book and book stores that sell it. “I find her audacity and contempt deplorable”, Beery stated in a recent interview for the Firebase Network. 

Fonda’s new book “My Life So Far” is published by Random House and will be available in book stores soon for just under $30. In the book Fonda talks about her anti-war activism and her controversial trip to North Vietnam in 1974. On an April 4, 2005, CBS/60 Minutes interview with Lesley Stahl, when asked why she would write about such matters, Fonda responded; "Because I knew that if I didn't really fess up about how far I went in the betrayal of my heart, that it would not make the journey that I've been on, to where I am now, as important and as poignant." According to Jere Beery, Fonda’s book is merely away to clear her consciences and make money off the pain of others at the same time. 

Jere Beery, a nationally recognized veteran’s rights activist is not alone in his anger. Many Vietnam veterans feel Fonda’s actions during the Vietnam War were treasonous and unforgivable. Vietnam wounded veteran Dale Vanluven of Hermitage, Tennessee agrees with Beery. “If there was ever a reason to burn a book, this is it,” Vanluven stated. “The though of Hanoi Jane making money off confessing her sins is incomprehensible to me”, Vanluven added. Dale Vanluven was wounded in combat in Vietnam when his bulldozer hit a landmine. 

Many veterans across the country agree with Beery and Vanluven on this subject and have vowed to take the boycott idea very seriously. 

Retired Navy veteran Don Holland of Orlando feels very strongly about this matter as well. “Jane Fonda may have the right to say anything she wants. But, I also have the right to say what I want as well. Jane Fonda is a Traitor that provided aid and comfort to the enemy during time of war. No book deal is going to save her from the fires of Hell for that,” Holland stated. 

Beery, Vanluven and Holland are calling for support for a nationwide boycott of Fonda’s book. “We are asking for assistance from the grassroots veteran’s community in preventing Jane Fonda from profiting off the misery of our Vietnam veterans, and especially our former POWs,” Beery requested. 

[NOTE] Jere Beery was severely wounded in Vietnam in 1968 when his 31 foot river patrol boat took two direct RPG hits. Beery was one of the crew members aboard a PBR under the command of Lt. Richard Godbehere on March 1st. The true story of Beery’s survival is well documented, to include a chapter in the 1982 book “Brown Water, Black Berets”, written by Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler of the U.S. Naval Academy, History Department, Annapolis Maryland. The Godbehere Patrol story has become legendary among many Vietnam veterans. Beery has written a screenplay about his Vietnam service titled, “Smoke on the Water”, and is currently accepting inquires into his work-in-progress.  “Unlike Jane Fonda, I’m not a profiteer. I’m a historian merely trying preserving the service sacrifice of the men I served with,” Beery stated. jerebeery@aol.com 

Semper Fi
Rick Townsend
Firebase Adrian