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Desertion from the U S Army to North Korea described
Former U S Army Sgt Charles Jenkins testified at a court martial about four Americans who defected to North Korea in the 1960s. They lived in a tiny one room house under constant surveillance, studied Kim Il Sung’s philosophy for up to 16 hours a day, and endured beatings and scarce food. Two of the group died before return.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Kim Il Sung
U.S. Army
Charles Jenkins
Jenkins
U.S
Pvt
Larry A. Abshier
Urbana
Ill
Jerry W. Parrish
Morganfield
James Dresnock
Richmond
Dresnock
Hitomi Soga
Soga
Japan
Parrish
Abshier