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Second life of GI Who Deserted to North Korea (The Deserter Charles Robert Jenkins)
LA Times ^
| 07/16/2007
| LA Times
Posted on 07/16/2009 7:42:57 PM PDT by Dallas59
Charles Robert Jenkins was an Army sergeant when he sneaked across the DMZ in 1965. Allowed to leave the North in 2004, he lives on a Japanese island with his family, working as a greeter in a shop.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: charlesrobertjenkins; deserter; northkorea
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:42:58 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
Still trying to figure out what this guy did that was worth saluting him.
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:46:41 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
To: exit82
Still trying to figure out what this guy did that was worth saluting him.I think the picture of him being saluted was when he surrendered to US military custody in Japan.
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:48:30 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: pnh102
I think you are correct.
But after 40 years as a deserter, he should not be having a salute returned, IMHO.
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:54:59 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
To: exit82
But after 40 years as a deserter, he should not be having a salute returned, IMHO.Would he still be presumed innocent or is that not the case in the military justice system?
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:01:56 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: exit82
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:02:45 PM PDT
by
freebilly
To: Dallas59
Why are they saluting this POS? Why wasn’t he shot for desertion in the face of the enemy?
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:03:03 PM PDT
by
calex59
(I, me, myself, am actually Jim Thompson)
To: exit82
Still trying to figure out what this guy did that was worth saluting him. He can still fit in his uniform 44 years later?
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:09:16 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: Dallas59
Normally soldiers desert to avoid fighting... but in 1965... it was just a police action in Korea... was he a communist? Wonder why he left in 2004?
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:09:55 PM PDT
by
John123
(Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
To: Dallas59
L.A. Times goof . Sado Island is NOT in western Japan . It’s in central Japan near Niigata Pref. Do your homework LA Slimes !
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:10:21 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: Dallas59
At least he’s not living on American soil.
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:10:32 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: Dallas59
True , but he’s in Japan , and that’s too close for me .
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:12:01 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: exit82
Until he was tried...he was still a US military person?
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:12:06 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: Pontiac
He weighed only 100 pounds when released.
40 years in that shithole, I’d say he’s been more than punished.
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:25:16 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: John123
“Normally soldiers desert to avoid fighting... but in 1965... it was just a police action in Korea... was he a communist? Wonder why he left in 2004?”
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He was sure that his next assignment would be Viet Nam.
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:26:05 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: John123
Normally soldiers desert to avoid fighting... but in 1965... it was just a police action in Korea... was he a communist? Wonder why he left in 2004?
I saw a TV show about this guy and it stated he deserted in 1965 to avoid getting sent to Vietnam. Vietnam was starting to heat up in 1965.
I forget the reason why he left North Korea in 2004.
To: John123
He deserted because he was afraid of going to Vietnam.
Often in cases like these, people will say “He can go to hell”.
Well he did, for just under 40 years. And he has to live with the consequences he made as a stupid, cowardly, drunk young man.
And those 40 years, and him being without a country or a real home, are enough punishment in this life for that stupid, cowardly decision in my opinion.
To: exit82
I know guns are illegal in Japan and really hard to find, but I think he should do his best to get hold of one and use it.
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posted on
07/16/2009 8:44:29 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Lockbar
Come on, let the old geezer be.
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posted on
07/16/2009 9:22:59 PM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Even the Rocks shall cry out "Hobamma to the Highest")
To: Ticonderoga34
He wasn’t allowed to leave before 2004. North Korea isn’t the sort of place you can wander into, and then just wander out again when you realize that wandering in was a big mistake. This guy’s story is more complicated because the North Koreans (after imprisoning and brainwashing him for many years) arranged for him to marry a Japanese woman whom they had abducted from Japan, and they had two daughters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Robert_Jenkins
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posted on
07/16/2009 9:43:30 PM PDT
by
GovernmentShrinker
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