Posted on 07/14/2005 1:07:43 PM PDT by pabianice
From John O'Neill:
The November election is long past, but I want to tell you about some unfinished and urgent business with which I would like your help.
When my fellow Swift Boat veterans and I made our ads to expose John Kerry’s record with respect to Vietnam during the presidential campaign, we were not alone in our mission. A number of veterans who had spent time in North Vietnam prison camps were eager to tell the American people about how John Kerry’s anti-war activities had affected their treatment.
The two groups of veterans worked together as the Swift Boat Veterans and POWs For Truth. A very important separate effort was “Stolen Honor,” a hard-hitting documentary film made by Carlton Sherwood.
Carlton served in Vietnam as a Marine sniper and won three Purple Hearts for his wounds. He came home to become an award-winning journalist. In “Stolen Honor,” Carlton filmed POWs and their wives talking about how John Kerry’s anti-war activities affected the POWs' treatment.
Carlton also showed some footage of anti-war leftists who worked with John Kerry. Now one of these radicals is suing Carlton for defamation.
I got to know Carlton during the campaign. He put so much of himself into making and distributing “Stolen Honor” that both his health and his finances suffered greatly. But he was so passionate about the cause that he kept on going, and I for one am grateful for the important role that Carlton played in exposing John Kerry’s true role in the anti-war movement...
"My name is Kenneth J. Campbell. I'm 21. I'm a Philadelphia resident. I was a Corporal in the Marine Corps. I was an FO, Forward Artillery Scout Observer. I FO'd for Bravo Company, First Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division. I was in Vietnam from February of '68 to March of '69. I went straight into the Marine Corps from high school and I am now a student at Temple University in Philadelphia. My testimony will consist of eyewitnessing and participating in the calling in of artillery on undefended villages, mutilation of bodies, killing of civilians, mistreatment of civilians, mistreatment of prisoners and indiscriminate use of artillery, harassment and interdiction fire..."
Testimony given in Detroit, Michigan, on January 31, 1971, February 1 and 2, 1971 -- Sponsored by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc.
I'd like to see that happen.
How You Can Help? By going to the Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation to donate to their legal defense fund.
See my post for links if you still can't find it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442995/posts?page=63#63
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