By Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times
American actress and activist Jane Fonda is surrounded by soldiers and reporters as she sings an anti-war song near Hanoi during the Vietnam War in July 1972. (Photograph by Associated Press)
Some Vietnam veterans in California are outraged after learning Jane Fonda, a.k.a. “Hanoi Jane,” will be giving the commencement speech for UCLA’s School of Theater next Friday.
Miss Fonda was given the disparaging nickname in 1972 after she called American soldiers “war criminals” and traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, to meet with enemy soldiers.
“The Butler” actress is scheduled to speak on June 13 for the school’s commencement ceremony, but her appearance is drawing harsh criticism from veterans all over the country.
“We hate her,” Nick Callas, president of the Santa Clarita chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, told Fox News. “We won’t ever see any of her movies or support anything she did. It makes me sick to see her get this kind of recognition.
John Crooker, first vice president of the California State Council of Vietnam Veterans of America, said he would never forgive Miss Fonda for the propaganda photo she took with Vietnamese soldiers.
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