Former Sen. Bob Dole Joins Vietnam POWs to Unveil Documentary; DC Press Conference Thursday

U.S. NEWSWIRE ^ | 9/8/2004 1:51:00 PM

[11th_VA]

News Advisory:

-- Former Sen. Bob Dole Joins Vietnam POWs to Unveil Documentary DC Press Conference Thursday

-- Film of POW Experiences Exposes 30-Years of Resentment Against John Kerry

When John Kerry appeared before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the spring of 1971, his anti-war testimony accusing American soldiers of barbaric acts in Vietnam sent shock waves throughout America and the world. In a new documentary 'STOLEN HONOR: WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEAL', former POWs tell their compelling and chilling stories of their brutal life as prisoners of war in North Vietnam and the additional suffering and extended captivity they endured after their North Vietnamese captors read to them John Kerry's testimony accusing American soldiers of atrocities and demanded they confess to Kerry's "war crimes" allegations.

The surviving men and their families, who felt betrayed by Kerry, speak out through STOLEN HONOR against the lies, false testimony and distortions made by young Kerry in the early 1970's. Funding for the documentary was made possible by Pennsylvania Veterans.

WHO:

-- Carlton Sherwood, Pulitzer Prize Winning Producer

-- Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole

-- POW's George "Bud" Day, Jack L. Van Loan, Paul Galanti, Robert H. Shumaker, Ken Cordier and others

WHAT: Press conference and screening of STOLEN HONOR: WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEAL

WHEN: Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:30 a.m. EDT -- Press Conference 11 a.m. EDT -- Viewing of STOLEN HONOR

WHERE: Reserve Officers Association Building, 1 Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002

STOLEN HONOR is produced by Red White and Blue Productions, Inc., an independent film producer based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The 45-minute documentary includes testimony from highly decorated POWs and their wives revealing the truth about North Vietnamese prison camps and the ongoing negative portrayal and treatment of Vietnam veterans resulting directly from John Kerry's testimony and anti-war activities more than 30 years ago.

To schedule an interview please contact Amber Nettles with Shirley & Banister Public Affairs at 800-536-5920 or anettles@sbpublicaffairs.com.

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[11th_VA]

Kerry is toast - hope this get press time ...

[Petronski]

Forty-five minutes? What an odd run time?

Still, this is devastating filmmaking. It got four minutes on Hannity & Colmes tonight, including use of the word 'treason' to describe Kerry's behavior in 71.

Devastating stuff.

[PhiKapMom]

I take back what I said about Bob Dole in 1996 and his campaign. He has come through when he is needed once again for this Country.

[VOA]

John Kerry: the first Presidential candidate seriously damaged by a non-candidate
speaking in the third person.

Preach it loud, Brother Dole!

[VOA]

John Kerry: the first Presidential candidate seriously damaged by a non-candidate
speaking in the third person.

Preach it loud, Brother Dole!

[MJY1288]

With Bob Dole onboard, you are correct, John Kerry is toast

[The Brush]

hope this get press time ...

I'm sure 60 minutes will play the entire 45

[Jewels1091]

Can any DCer's go?? First hand would be great, since we all know this will not hit the 'major media'......

[cheme]

bttp they need donations please support, if anyone lives near Austin, I'll take them for a round of golf at Lost Creek if they donate and if they like CC golf.

[libstripper]

This is all the more reason for everyone of us who can to attend the Kerry Lied rallly in D.C. on Septembe 12. We've got to get the message out and stop this communist traitor before he becomes President.

[Toespi]

So who is going to give it air time?

[stockpirate]

ping

[IrishGOP]

Is this separate from what the swiftboat vets are doing? I thought I read somewhere that they had a video coming up too.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Way to go Bob! 10th Mountain bump...

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[Cboldt]

Hannity and Colmes shows pieces of this. Gallanti was on the show, as was the producer. Powerful segment. Colmes could not rebut.

Gallanti said that as far as he was concerned, Kerry committed treason. He did not back down from that, and he explained how and why he arrived at that conclusion.

[hoosiermama]

When and where will it be aired publicly? Does anyone know?

[stockpirate]

Is John Kerry a war criminal? Consider the following.

After the Tet offensive North Vietnam was beaten, but with the Socialist press in America and the VVAW the North Vietnamese Communists decided to hold on.

This meant that instead of a US victory in South Vietnam and freedom for the South Vietnamese we had 10,000 - 15,000 more US deaths. America’s POW's were being tortured while listening to tapes of John "Traitor" Kerry calling them baby killers.

The VVAW, an antiwar group, which Kerry was one of the national leaders of, was receiving directions from the North Vietnamese Communist Government. VVAW in contact with in contact with NV Communist Government

The directions were on how the VVAW should protest the Vietnam War.

The interaction became so depraved, that the North Vietnamese Communist contacted the VVAW via a phone call and advised the VVAW that they were getting ready to start an attack on US troops and that the VVAW was to be prepared to increase the protests against the increase in bombing that the NV Communists were sure would happen. This put our men in further danger because of John Kerry and VVAW actions. VVAW gets directions from the VS Communists

John Kerry had no concern for the lives of his fellow soldiers in Vietnam or the POW's, John Kerry only cared about himself and his ambition to become POTUS, whatever the cost.

How many deaths of United States servicemen does John Kerry have on his hands?

How many families has John Kerry's behavior as a VVAW leader and a traitor to his country caused untold pain and suffering to?

How many unnecessary tears have been cried because John Kerry betrayed our trust to help a Communist government?

Does John Kerry still have ties to Communists in America?

John Kerry was an officer in the US Navy during his protests of the Vietnam War, having not received his discharge until 1978.

Why didn't John Kerry speak out just one time against the war crimes of his "Comrades in Arms the North Vietnamese Communists"?

Steven J. Pitkin says about his Winter Soldier testimony. “John Kerry and other leaders of that event pressured me to testify about American war crimes, despite my repeated statements that I could not honestly do so. One event leader strongly implied that I would not be provided transportation back to my home in Baltimore, Maryland, if I failed to comply. Kerry and other leaders of the event instructed me to publicly state that I had witnessed incidents of rape, brutality, atrocities and racism, knowing that such statements would necessarily be untrue.”

[sarasota]

Ping to forward.

[Republican Red]

Well this explains why the MSM is in full attack mode.

Sounds devastating. My worry though is that where will a 45 minute movie get play time? The RNC did a great piece on "Kerry on Iraq" but it was 12 minutes and therefore too long for commercials.

What is the point of a 45 minute movie?

[Senator Goldwater]

The former Senator was on with Hannity a few weeks back, and he said he got a call from Kerry the next morning after he's first echoed the charges of the Swift Boats and pointed out that none of Kerry's Purple Hearts warranted hospitalization.

You could tell that 1971 testimony still rankles him, as well it should.