Vietnam Veteran's Wife Gives John Kerry a Piece of Her Mind
Posted by Jean Shaw
Monday, April 12, 2004
chronwatch.com
Don Hall is a Vietnam veteran who, along with his wife Annette Hall, has produced an autobiography and a documentary about his experiences. You can read more about both at: i-served.com.
Annette sent the following letter to Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry, defending her husband's honor and questioning Kerry's own record in Vietnam.
Dear Mr. Kerry,
I first sent this letter to you on April 1, 2004, in an e-mail message to: info@johnkerry.com. I have received no reply or acknowledgement. I believe I deserve a response.
I am the wife of a Vietnam veteran who fought honorably in Vietnam in 1967-68, first in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, then as a combat team leader in Company F, 51st Long Range Patrol (Airborne) Infantry. My husband did not murder any innocents or commit any of the atrocities that you accused him of with your broad-brush defamation and vilification of all Vietnam veterans, during in the communist-inspired propaganda testimony you gave before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971.
I am horrified at the thought of you being this country's next president, which would be the ultimate slap in the face to millions of honorable Vietnam veterans and their families. Therefore, I am doing everything in my power to voice my opinion about your misguided and totally self-serving activities as an anti-war protestor and a political operative. You couldn't have done more damage to my husband, his fellow Vietnam vets, and the country as a whole--let alone the millions of Southeast Asians who died as a result of the success of you and your colleagues' ''anti-war'' activities--than if you had been working directly for the KGB itself!
You were wrong then, and you're wrong now. Your actions over the past thirty plus years, and to this day, tell us that your belief system and ideology haven't changed. You used and abused Vietnam veterans as a tool in the early 1970's to get political power, and you're still doing it. Only, the prize is much, much higher this time.
Can you deny the truth of the following quotes, Mr. Kerry?
Former Romanian general and spy chief Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking intelligence officer ever to defect from the Soviet bloc, described Kerry's testimony as sounding ''exactly like the disinformation line that the Soviets were sowing worldwide throughout the Vietnam era. KGB priority number one at that time was to damage American power, judgment, and credibility. One of its favorite tools was the fabrication of such evidence as photographs and 'news reports' about invented American war atrocities.'' As the leader of this effort, General Pacepa ''produced the very same vitriol Kerry repeated to the U.S. Congress almost word for word and planted it in leftist movements throughout Europe.'' KGB chairman Yuri Andropov, who managed the anti-Vietnam War operation, described the Vietnam disinformation campaign to Pacepa as ''our most significant success.''
I request that you release the medical records and award citations pertaining to the wounds you suffered in Vietnam that earned you three Purple Hearts, so that I, and the rest of the American people, can read the details ourselves. We would also like to see copies of your Officer's Fitness Reports and the rest of the personal military records that document your specific service in the Navy. Those records exist and will give evidence as to your fitness for any type of high-level leadership role, especially that of Commander-in-Chief. If you refuse to release these records to the public, it says to me that you have something to hide, plain and simple. Any valorous combat soldier would have no problem releasing such records, especially one who desired to be the next President of the United States of America.
I implore you, release those records, Mr. Kerry. I would very much like to read them, and so would every other voter in this country, including your supporters. Don't just talk about your service in Vietnam, Mr. Kerry, show us the written records! Prove to us that you are truly qualified to be the next Commander-in-Chief, especially at a time when the very survival of our country as a free, autonomous, sovereign nation is at stake.
Sincerely,
A concerned voter, and the wife of a Vietnam veteran
Annette R. Hall, Redmond, WA |
