What McCain did while a POW is exactly some of the same charges the Marines leveled against Bobby Garwood.
Garwood had several other charges on him that McCain didn't but the real difference between the two is Garwood was a no body PFC and McCain was the son of a Admiral.
Garwood and McCain both signed the Propaganda letter:
On 22 January 1966, the head of the investigating team reported that at least one of the ARVN officers released from "Camp Khu" claimed that Garwood himself has shown him the propaganda letter which he (Garwood) had allegedly signed. The ARVN officer could not say definitely if Garwood had personally signed the document.
On 3 March 1966, the contents of the Fellow Soldier's Appeal were broadcast over Radio Hanoi. The announcer who read the Appeal was reported by Foreign Broadcast Information System (FBIS) station in Okinawa to be a foreign national whose English pronunciation "had a French accent." Although the announcer claimed that "he was reading a statement attributed to Robert R. Gouch," the text was identical to that of the 20 October letter with Garwood's signature. (3d CI Team, FMF PAC report, 21 Mar 66)
My question isn't whether he defected, I don't think he did. I want to know why he conducted himself as testified to by so many of his fellow POW's, Why did he play the VC game?
It appears that he played right into their hands for the purpose of self preservation, which was definitely a crime.Posted by Badbob #11
http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1008SO MY QUESTION: If Garwood is guilty of cooperating with the enemy then WHY isin't John McCain. John McCain made a lot more appearances for the enemy than Garwood but John McCain is a war hero?
And I'll answer my own question because he was the son of a FREAKING Admiral! Thats why McCain was never charged!