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| U.S. Deserter Gets Dishonorable Discharge |
| 2004-11-03 |
| Four decades after he vanished from his Army unit, a frail, tearful, 64-year-old American soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to desertion, saying he wanted to avoid dangerous duty on the Korean peninsula and Vietnam. Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins was given a 30-day sentence and a dishonorable discharge, but the judge recommended suspending the jail term. The decision is up to the military, which was expected to rule on the recommendation soon. The plea, which came during a court-martial at this Army camp outside of Tokyo, was part of a bargain with U.S. military officials to win Jenkins a lesser sentence. The maximum sentence in his case was life in prison. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Next stop: Senator from Massachusetts |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-11-03 3:45:19 PM |
| #5 Kerry got a BCD which was then changed by al-Carteriski to Honorable in 1978 as part of the overall VN veteran amnesty. |
| Posted by: Harm the JAG 2004-11-03 1:14:19 PM |
| #4 Saw the headline and thought it was about Kerry. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-11-03 12:10:23 PM |
| #3 No wonder he was tearful. Imagine wasting 40 years of your life in North Korea because you happened to be a coward at the age of 24. Has he apologized? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-03 11:39:22 AM |
| #2 Jail = NK, with better |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-03 10:21:45 AM |
| #1 the judge recommended suspending the jail term. The guy just spent forty years in North Korea. Jail would just be redundant. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-03 10:03:15 AM |