 DILLSBURG - The producer of a documentary that slammed Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War record and may have helped cost him the presidency is asking for donations to defend himself against a lawsuit that arose from that film. Carroll Twp. resident Carlton Sherwood, principal of Red, White & Blue Productions in Harrisburg, was sued in October by Kenneth J. Campbell, now a professor at the University of Delaware, who claims the film falsely calls him a fraud and a liar. In the suit, Campbell said "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" combines footage of him at a 1971 war protest with narration that claims that many of those at the event who said they were veterans were found to be frauds who never fought or served. "It paints me as having been a fabricator, a fraud and a liar," Campbell said in his suit.
| I think the key word is 'many'. |
Campbell received a Purple Heart and eight other medals, ribbons and decorations for his service in Vietnam. Campbell was contacted for this story, but referred all questions to his attorney, who did not respond to requests for comment. Sherwood, who has called the suit "baseless" and "an unfounded, groundless legal ploy ... to prevent Americans from hearing the story of America's Vietnam POWs and John Kerry's role in their prolonged captivity," e-mailed a plea for donations Friday. Sherwood served in Vietnam as a Marine and received three Purple Hearts. |