Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

U.S. deserter in Sweden steps forward after 28 years
Reuters ^ | Jun 17, 2012 | staff reporter

Posted on 06/17/2012 1:57:24 PM PDT by Daffynition

(Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force deserter who has lived secretly in Sweden since 1984 has revealed his identity and contacted his family in the United States who were overwhelmed to hear he was still alive, a Swedish newspaper reported at the weekend.

Dagens Nyheter said David Hemler had deserted aged 21 while serving at a U.S. Air Force base in Germany, after getting involved with a pacifist church and becoming disillusioned with the policies of former President Ronald Reagan.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: deserter; espionage; hemler; pacifistchurch; sweden; treason; veryweirdstuff; weakpresident
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-47 last
To: Forty-Niner
No statute of limitations on desertion.
41 posted on 06/17/2012 5:22:25 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: Ranger Warrior

Nearly 13 years ago?!

It happened in 2009. That was 3 years ago.

From Wikipedia: The Fort Hood shooting was a Non-State Terrorist Attack[2] that took place on November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood...


42 posted on 06/17/2012 6:14:12 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Daffynition

Hope he stays there. He obviously thinks it’s “better.”


43 posted on 06/17/2012 6:36:43 PM PDT by Catmom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: alpo

Yes.


44 posted on 06/17/2012 11:30:15 PM PDT by Domangart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: BufordP
From your link:

“I’ve been on the page with the most wanted fugitives, clicked on my name and looked at a photo of myself from high school. It is the only photograph of myself I’ve had access to from my life before Sweden. There is also a picture of what I could look like as a 47-year-old, a pretty handsome fellow. I guess they had less credence for my ideology than my looks”

The Air Force's estimate of his visage at age 47:


45 posted on 06/17/2012 11:51:44 PM PDT by cynwoody
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Daffynition

You’re welcome!


46 posted on 06/18/2012 1:07:46 PM PDT by BufordP ("Drink me if you can't take a joke." --Kool-Aid)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: cynwoody; Daffynition
Air Force Deserter David Hemler in Sweden: ‘I Have Been Living 28 Years in Lies’


47 posted on 06/18/2012 1:11:34 PM PDT by BufordP ("Drink me if you can't take a joke." --Kool-Aid)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-47 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson