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When reading about Bangert and what he represents, I always enjoy having some mood music playing in the background to enhance the experience.
...and here's the data compiled in our R&R forum. Bangert has been active of late and, perhaps, we need to reflect that here. Please PM us with links to any recent Bangert info you might come upon or add them as a reply to the topic for inclusion.
| Quote: | BANGERT, Joe (former VVAW; endorses VVAW, VAIW, fundraiser/IVAW)
--9/07/70: With Kerry/Fonda at Operation RAW (Rapid American Withdrawal), Valley Forge, PA
--1/31/71: Bangert:/WSI: “..the men were afraid to complain about such atrocities because those who complained were subject to harsh discipline by company commanders.” FBI/Sec. 2, p38: data on flyer about WSI testimony being handed out: “JOE BANGERT, 22, Sgt. E-5, helicopter gunner…(1968-69), PA resident, testifies to the disembowlment and skinning of Vietnamese woman …by an American, after she was killed by ARVNs. Body was hung on a tree as a “warning” to other “gooks.” He further testifies to killing villagers-20 or more women, children, old men-- in helicopter assaults near Cam Lo, and of civilians shot without provocation along Highway 1 near Dong Ha in Oct. 1969.”
--4/20/71: FBI File (S1,SubA,p102, newspaper): “Joe Bangert wore fatigues..medals.. Bangert said he earned the wings in 1968 during incursions into Laos.”
--1970-71: “like Kerry, traveled to Paris to meet with the No. Vietnamese & Viet Cong delegations. Bangert recalled the highlight for him was getting to sing "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" for the assembled guests. He boasts of having performed the ballad more than 1,000 times in public. Bangert wore a shirt for the occasion with the Viet Cong flag.” (On Peggy Seeger (sister of Pete) website, a bragging email from Joe Bangert about singing this song (no date):<SOURCE>
--12/29/71: FBI (S1,SubA,p47-53): Multiple protests: VVAW blocked entrance to Statue of Liberty..a small American flag was hung upsidedown...was illuminated thru windows of Liberty’s torch; placed a coffin in front of Lincoln Statue; ..several vets threw what they said were bags of blood on the sidewalk” at the White House; Bangert said, “I believe we rekindled the anti-war, the peace movement..”
--1997: “Bangert was one of three former VVAW members to pay tribute in Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh on his birthday. He joined Chuck Searcy and Eric Herter May 19– which was also the 30th anniversary of the founding of the VVAW. <SOURCE>
--2003: At Joe’s Pub in NY went on stage to sing “Ballad of Ho Chi Minh” in original Vietnamese (ode to the Pres. of No. Vietnam): <SOURCE>.
**** Bangert sings "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh": <AUDIO> ****
--2004: Signed on, with many others, as an “endorser of VAIW at their website (see Cline).
--1/30/04: “Brewster Vet Helps Drive Kerry Political Engine” by Debi Stetson: <SOURCE>
--2004: Signed VVAW Letter of Support at their website.
--2004: Supports Kerry-- NH/working on Kerry campaign.
--Jan. 27, 2008: IVAW Winter Soldier Fundraiser <SOURCE>
references
One of Kerry's Band of Brothers: Joe Bangert - by Steve Gilbert; American Thinker; Aug 25, 2004
John Kerry's Fellow Travelers - by Fedora; Free Republic; Nov. 11, 2004 |
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