Four Navy deserters hunger strike over U.S. draft in Moscow
Four U S Navy deserters – Richard Bail, A Lindner, Craig W Anderson, and others – staged a week long hunger strike in Moscow to protest U S involvement in Vietnam and the draft. The men, ages 19 to 20, reportedly left carriers Intrepid in Japan and Moscow bound, with details from Soviet offices and a Moscow editor. The protest began late April and was to end May 1.