Posted on 08/06/2016 3:06:59 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe
Vero Beach, FL - (TRUNEWS) U.S. Senator John McCain recorded a Tokyo Rose-style propaganda message that was broadcast on North Vietnamese radio in 1969.
TRUNEWS, a nonprofit Christian digital news app, obtained the bombshell audio recording and released it today on the organization’s daily newscast hosted by Rick Wiles. TRUNEWS acquired the audio recording in cooperation with WeSearchR.com, a new media company founded by Charles Johnson.
The 1969 North Vietnamese radio broadcast has never been heard in the United States of America. In fact, there has never been any knowledge that such a recording existed. The audio recording was found in a misplaced file in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The broadcast was recorded by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a branch of the CIA that monitored international shortwave and foreign radio broadcasts.
Lt. Commander John McCain was shot down over Hanoi by a North Vietnamese missile while flying his 23rd bombing mission. Both of his arms and one leg were broken. He was pulled ashore by North Vietnamese who took him to a prison known by POWs as the “Hanoi Hilton.”
McCain was a prisoner of war for five and a half years. He was released on March 14, 1973, and returned to the United States of America as a war hero. His POW legacy propelled McCain to victory in a race for a U.S. Congressional seat in Arizona in 1982. He replaced Barry Goldwater in the Senate in 1986.
In the propaganda recording, Lt. Commander McCain said he was “guilty of crimes against the Vietnamese country and people.” He confessed that he bombed “their cities, towns, and villages and caused many injuries, even deaths, for the people of Vietnam.”
He praised the medical care and kindness of his communist captors even though he came to North Vietnam as “an aggressor.” McCain said he wished to express his “deep gratitude” for their “kind treatment” and that he “will never forget” the kindness extended to him by the communist North Vietnamese.
Senator McCain is running for a sixth six-year term in the Senate. He is facing a strong primary challenge from former State Senator Dr. Kelli Ward, a physician in Lake Havasu.
The Arizona Republican Primary is August 30. Sen. McCain will turn age 80 on the day before the primary.
Here is the actual script of John McCain’s 1969 “Tokyo Rose” propaganda broadcast on North Vietnamese radio.
To the Vietnamese people and the government of the DRVN:
From John Sidney McCain, 624787, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, born 29 August, 1936, Panama, home state Oregon. Shot down 26 October, 1967, A-4E aircraft.
I, as a U.S. airman, am guilty of crimes against the Vietnamese country and people. I bombed their cities, towns and villages and caused many injuries, even deaths, for the people of Vietnam.
I was captured in the capital city of Hanoi, while attacking it. After I was captured, I was taken to the hospital in Hanoi, where I received very good medical treatment. I was given an operation on my leg, which allowed me to walk again, and a cast on my right arm, which was badly broken in three places.
The doctors were very good and they knew a great deal about the practice of medicine. I remained in the hospital for some time and regained much of my health and strength. Since I arrived in the camp of detention, I received humane and lenient treatment.
I received this kind treatment and food even though I came here as an aggressor and the people who I injured have much difficulty in their living standards. I wish to express my deep gratitude for my kind treatment and I will never forget this kindness extended to me.
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I am in no way condoning what she (they) did. As there was more than one, we don’t know about them all.
All I know from what I read about her trial was she thought she would be acquitted when her story was revealed, but instead she was found guilty.
I based my opinion on the book Tokyo Rose: Orphan of the Pacific. It’s very balanced.
And THAT is the Straw Man tactic.... No one on here said being a POW in Vietnam was easy. So why would you make that point and attack it?
It is a fact McCain was not treated the same as the rest of the POWs because they broke him. McCain was scared of torture. So he gave the enemy everything they wanted. Hence, the name “songbird”. I just wonder how many Navy and Marine Corp pilots were killed or captured in Vietnam because McCain sang like a Canary.
The radio broadcast is evidence of what other fellow POWs at the Hanoi Hilton said.
For the record the Japanese were brutal to our POWs during World War II.
Look up the Bataan Death March for one example. The Japanese did not honor the Geneva convention.
I don’t think the Germans treatment of our POWs was like the show Hogan’s Heros. I remember as a kid every time that show came on my Dad would get really upset. He said the show is full of crap of how the Germans treated our POWs. Granted it was not like a concentration camp, but it was not like Hovan’s Heros.
Amen!
Is there any indication ‘faucetman’ actually has SERE training?
Is there any indication ‘faucetman’ actually has SERE training?
How many days did you spend as a POW in Nam?
Hey Troll Boy.... Where were you prior to July 22nd?
Yep you had about 1 post a year, and all of a sudden you are every where now on all sorts of posts.
How much are they paying you and your fellow rats to hack inactive accounts and Troll sites?
The dead give away you were a troll was the last post you dumb@ss! That’s when I looked up your history. That’s something a CHILD would say and not an adult. Didn’t they teach you that?
Get a life Troll Boy!
I don't care for McCain politically. But many POWs were were there and you weren't and they whether you like it or not endorsed him in 2008 and one was my former C.O. Unlike you I have not voted for a GOP nor DEM in the POTUS General election since Bob Dole Says. No I did not vote for McCain I am Constitutional Conservative and McCain isn't. Again Stinkweed there are many Freepers long time ones know that about me.
I backed off from posting for a while sorting out some personal issues that happened you likely would never understand. Politically I posted here and in the old Liberty Post Forum when I got banned once in here over a misunderstanding I eventually proved to Admin in here. My history goes way back my Bookmarks are so old they no longer link. What about you Stinkweed? What hole did you crawl out of?
Now the question again. How many years did you serve as a POW in NAM? It’s a fair and reasonable question since you are judging other POWS.
Which is just the stuff that is disputed as dubious. See post 137, among others.
But not for others.
I’m with Drill Sgt Hulka on this one.
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