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Re: Outstanding New Book

To: ALL

From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Date: March 19, 2002

""AID AND COMFORT"

by Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer with Foreward
by Col. George "Bud" Day (Congressional Medal of Honor recipient)

ISBN: 0-7864-1247-X

McFarland & Company, 2002

Book Description
Jane Fonda’s visit to Hanoi in July 1972 and her pro–North Vietnamese, anti–American conduct, especially her pose with an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American planes and her propaganda broadcasts directed toward American troops, angered many Americans. In their eyes, she was guilty of treason, but she was never charged by the American legal system. Instead, she has made millions, been the recipient of countless awards, and remained an honored American icon.

This work investigates Fonda’s activities in North Vietnam and argues that she could have been indicted for treason, that there would have been enough evidence to take the case to a jury, that she could have been convicted, and that a conviction probably would have been upheld on appeal. It also considers Fonda’s early life and the effect it had on her behavior and beliefs in her later years, her audience of American POWs who were forced by the Vietnamese to listen to her broadcasts condemning them as war criminals, her arrival in Vietnam and how it was viewed by American servicemen and civilians, the crime of treason throughout history, and the only Congressional inquiry into her actions, which resulted in the government’s decision to take no legal action against her. Texts of Fonda’s radio broadcasts to American servicemen comprise the appendix.

About the Author
Henry Mark Holzer is a professor emeritus at Brooklyn Law School. Erika Holzer is a lawyer, novelist and essayist. They live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. "

AII POW-MIA NOTE: Bud Day is a former POW, spending 67 months in captivity whoi received the Medal of Honor. He was the only POW to escape captivity in North Vietnam and to be recaptured in South Vietnam.

He is also spearheading the Class Action lawsuit on behalf of Military Retiree Health Care. "On July 16, 1996 a law suit was filed in Federal Court in Pensacola, Florida by Attorney George E. Day on behalf of Military Retiree Health Care. The suit alleges breach of contract with military retirees over the age of 65 years by the failure of the U.S. to provide the military medical care it had promised.

In 1956 public Law 569 effectively changed full health care for life for retirees and dependents from a more than century old RIGHT to a PRIVILEGE. Promises were still being used for recruiting well into the 90's. "Put in 20 and get full health care for you and yours for life." The suit is asking for restoration of full health care and a refund of all Medicare Deductions. " http://www.classact-lawsuit.com/