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Tuesday, June 14, 2005

A Deserter Returns...

Charles Jenkins, the deserter who fled to North Korea, is returning to the US to visit his mother, and "touch his native soil one last time before leaving, perhaps forever."

Jenkins appeared in anti-US propaganda films, and claimed his desertion was because he was afraid of being sent to Vietnam.

My father-in-law was likely afraid of Vietnam, too. But he went. For three tours.

Jenkins surrendered last year, in Japan, and got only 30 days in jail.

The article below illustrates the reaction of his hometown to his visit:

Deserter Jenkins' hometown reacts with rage, indifference

FULL STORY - from CNN.com

Don't let the door hit you on the way back out, Mr. Jenkins.
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