Stolen Honor (2004)

Directed by

Carlton Sherwood

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary presents interviews with former POWs from the Vietnam War who claim John Kerry's 1971 Senate testimony caused them to suffer worse treatment as prisoners. It focuses on arguing that Kerry's anti-war activities harmed American soldiers still in Vietnam.

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What happens

Stolen Honor is a 45-minute anti-John Kerry video documentary that was released during the September 2004 election season. It features interviews with a number of American men who contend they were prisoners of war in North Vietnam and suffered increased maltreatment while prisoners as a direct result of Kerry's Fulbright Hearing testimony in April 1971. The subtitle of the film is Wounds That Never Heal; on the production company's website the complete title is given instead as Stolen Honor: John Kerry's Record of Betrayal. Its name was based on the book Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History by B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley. The production company's website states that "Stolen Honor investigates how John Kerry's actions during the Vietnam era impacted the treatment of American soldiers and POWs. Using John Kerry's own words, the documentary juxtaposes John Kerry's actions with the words of veterans who were still in Vietnam when John Kerry was leading the anti-war movement." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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