When the war was raging in Vietnam as the United States attempted to stop the Vietcong from advancing, there was a huge counter-culture movement back home with thousands of people opposing the conflict; one of the most iconic at the time was Jane Fonda's Vietnam photo, which she has now said she regrets.
Four decades after United States troops left Vietnam in what has been considered one of the messiest conflicts in the 20th century, the Oscar-winning actress has stated that the Jane Fonda Vietnam photo, in which she sat on an anti-aircraft battery wearing a helmet, was a mistake.
According to The Huffington Post, in a recent interview, the actress has stated that the infamous Jane Fonda Vietnam photo from her 1972 trip to Hanoi was a "huge mistake" that she deeply regrets, as she now stands up for veterans and tries to speak to them as often as possible.
As The New York Daily News reports, the interview where she mentioned the Jane Fonda Vietnam photo happened as she spoke out about how she'd love to have an open conversation to Vietnam veterans about the infamous photo, which has seen her dubbed "Hanoi Jane" as soldiers across the country have continuously called her a traitor to her country ever since.
Last Friday, the actress had a speaking engagement in Frederick, Maryland, and outside in the crowd there were about 50 veterans and other military supporters that protested against her speaking in public in the Weinberg Center for the Arts, as there has been a major resentment towards her since the "Hanoi Jane" photo was released.
"Whenever possible I try to sit down with vets and talk with them, because I understand and it makes me sad," Fonda said to Page Six, regarding the iconic anti-war Jane Fonda Vietnam photo. "It hurts me and it will to my grave that I made a huge, huge mistake that made a lot of people think I was against the soldiers."
