Legion Rejects Fonda’s Apology

The 2.8-million-member American Legion adopted a resolution Tuesday rejecting actress Jane Fonda’s apology for her anti-war activities during the Vietnam War.

In a recent televised interview, Fonda apologized to the American public, saying that she was sorry for her actions with the enemy during the conflict.

“We of the American Legion do not believe her apology was in any way sincere and was only stated on the TV program as a ruse to further enhance her many commercial undertakings,” the resolution, written by the group’s Committee on Americanism, said.

“A great many of America’s fighting men and women lost their lives, were wounded, tortured and suffered in many other ways because of Jane Fonda’s dealing with the enemy,” it said.

The resolution, adopted during the Legion’s convention, said no apology would be accepted until Fonda “proves without a doubt that she is truly sorry for her actions by using her influence with the government she supported against the United States to get the return or an accounting for our MIAs and POWs.”

Fonda visited North Vietnam as part of her anti-war activities during the Vietnam War.