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Urban Legends Reference Pages: Military (Hanoi'd with Jane): "Hanoi'd with Jane


Claim: Jane Fonda betrayed U.S. POWs during the Viet Nam War.

Status: Multiple:
During a 1972 trip to North Vietnam, Jane Fonda propagandized on behalf of the North Vietnamese government, declared that American POWs were being treated humanely and condemned U.S. soldiers as 'war criminals' and later denounced them as liars for claiming they had been tortured: True.
Jane Fonda handed over to their captors the slips of paper POWs pressed upon her: False.
In 1999, Jane Fonda was profiled in ABC's A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women: True. "