European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday August 30, 1978 charges of reason Gulf divides Nam pos Clear Ann lot by Peter Arnett new York Apas America is reach ing out to resolve its political differences with Vietnam a bitter Gull dividing some of the War s survivors grows deeper. It has led to charges of treason a lawsuit a suicide and continuing conflict is Between two groups of americans who were held prisoner in North Viet Nam during the War those who resisted their captors and those who willingly Cooper ated. Neither Side is Large in this personal War. Both Are convinced they Are right. And the at tacks on the anti War pos have Only strengthened their convictions. Most of the pos celebrate the Day they were released. But i celebrate the Day 1 was captured said Robert p. Chenoweth a former . Army sergeant taken prisoner in 1968. It was a red letter Day for me the Day i began understanding another peace committee that Chenoweth helped form actively opposed the War through taped statements and meetings with visiting Paci fists. A Henoweth s group infuriated senior air l voice and Navy officers also held demanded that the primary guide for re their captors be the . Military code s requirement that Only name it and serial number be Given. Of these officers later filed charges 110 in the anti War group. The charges n dropped on compassionate grounds after i suicide of one of those named Abel Kava i of Westminster Colo. He left a note i be could not face imprisonment again. The code of conduct has since been re i to allow pos greater latitude in re to questions from their captors. The pos see this As one vindication of factions. Several books by former pos i others have harshly criticized Chenoweth i the other anti War prisoners. The critics nue to speak out against them on talk i and on the lecture circuit i the other hand at least four of the anti Are still convinced they were t and continue to say so also disputing 1 View that torture was widespread Ese prison Camps. Majority of pos Felt the same Way i t were reluctant to assist us because of reprisals at Home said Michael a former army specialist 4th class who spent five years in prison and admitted signing anti War statements appearing on regular radio programs in Hanoi and writing letters to president Nixon and congressmen denouncing the War. I m Only sorry i did t cooperate sooner said Branch now a graduate student at the University of Ohio at Athens. He is studying Southeast asian politics. Former . Marine u. Col. De Miller of los Angeles said he openly criticized the War i have always said what i think. Our country thrives on he was shot Down in october 1967 and said he attempted to resist giving classified information. Since coming Home. Miller has gotten a Law degree and says he is a lawyer for the these prisoners also dispute the other Kent statue turned Down As memorial Kent. Ohio up officials of Kent state University have rejected a statue commissioned to commemorate the 1970 student shootings on that Campus As too controversial. The life sized sculpture by artist George Segal depicts the biblical tale of Abraham a 100-year-old patriarch ordered by god to prove his Faith by slaying his Only son Issac. God stops the execution just As it is to take place. Knife theme the knife at Throat theme was deemed inappropriate said school officials. They pointed out that Segal s work is sup posed to be about a moment of decision bit because he does not emphasize the age differ ence Between his sculpted father and son the work is too vividly reminiscent of the tragic clash Between student anti War demonstrators and National guardsmen that ended with four dead and nine injured Kent state Stu dents. Put on the Campus they said the Art work would be subject to vandalism. Pos views on Don t believe the North vietnamese had a systematic plan to torture prisoners said Alfonso Riate of los Angeles a former Marine master sergeant imprisoned in 1967. He said he was held in several Camps including the notorious Hanoi to resist was to be punished As i was after two unsuccessful escape attempts Kate said. But Overall i think they treated in very said i Don t believe most of the Tor Ture stories. I would say around 10 percent were tortured. One Man i know was placed in solitary after going out of his Way to give his captors a hard my knowledge Laid Chenoweth "30 or 35 pos were tortured and they were the hardliners who believed implacably in adhering to every word of the code of conduct. I know torture was not a policy of the Vietnam former pos talk openly about their experiences. Riate who works with disabled veterans in an outreach program said i Tell them i suffer a stigma from the War. Most of them Are sympathetic. They say i have done something few have Ever done that i resisted the War in prison. As the years go by i feel i am being Chenoweth who works for a Washington d.c., research firm said people continue to be surprised when be talks of his treatment during imprisonment and when be says he was sorry to leave Vietnam. I knew there was no danger from our Cap tors he said. What i was most concerned about was our reception Back when we would get Branch is still bitter about the treatment he received when he came Home. He said he was ill with dysentery and was placed alone in a room at the Ireland army Hospital at fort Knox ky., with two military policemen out Side his door. Nowadays in his classes. Branch argues with professors who be thinks do not under stand the subtleties of Southeast asian poli tics. Miller who said he had once hoped to be a Marine corps general recently sued another former pow who be believes slandered him on a radio talk show. Nearly 300 former prisoners of War had a reunion in los Angeles last May and were invited to former president Nixon s Home at san Clemente. None of the anti War prisoners was invited. 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