"AWOL"
"AWOL"
Yeah, that was my first though too.
Nice of the government to give a cover story of the guy dying a criminal, a deserter. I feel sorry if the guy left behind a family that will have to live with that story.
What, they couldn’t use the old standby: “He died a hero, in a training accident, “
AWOL or “sheep dipped”?
The AVG pilots (Flying Tigers) were “sheep dipped.” So were “the Ravens” in Vietnam (Steve Canyon Project).
https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-ravens-and-the-secret-air-war-in-laos/
“AWOL”
Exactly. I doubt he was AWOL before he got killed...only after.
Yes, air quotes.
One wouldn’t be surprised to find out the guy was really a US mercenary making beaucoup bucks training and “advising” the Ukes, with one caveat:
Get killed or captured, we’ve been looking for you for about a year now.