CBS is under fire for using a wrecked B-52 bomber as a prop on last Sunday’s episode of its long running reality hit The Amazing Race – in Vietnam.
Last week’s leg of the Race featured a segment in which the contestants raced around the wreckage of a B-52 shot down during the Vietnam War.
The downed plane was then put on display in Hanoi as a “memorial.”
Earlier, the contestants sat under a portrait of communist leader Ho Chi Minh and sat through a musical concert by young people singing a patriotic song.
For Vietnam.
The lyrics included: “Vietnam Communist party is glorious … Socialism is growing more beautiful with time. Follow the party’s step. Be loyal. Be pure.”
The segment in the Vietnamese capital city, while only a part of the episode, sparked outcry from the American Legion, among other organizations.
“The show is called ‘The Amazing Race’ but I call it ‘The Amazing Gall,’” American Legon National Commander James E. Koutz said in a letter to CBS.
He called the segment a “disgraceful slap-in-the face administered to American war heroes” and scolded CBS for showing the Vietnamese singing group.
CBS officials declined to comment yesterday when contacted by The Post.