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Sweden asylum sparks varied reactions to eight US defectors
AP report details families in Arlington, Alexandria, St. Louis and Miami reacting with shock or cautious approval as Sweden grants eight American servicemen asylum on humanitarian grounds. One defector, Erwin Foster, surrendered at Ft. Benning. Names and hometowns of the defectors and their families are given, with the Aliens Commission noting 28 of 38 defectors remain in Sweden and 10 cases under review.
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New York
Sweden
Aliens Commission
Stockholm
Ft. Benning
U.S. Army
Erwin Joseph Foster
Alabama
Ike
Foster
Richard T. Burroughs
Robert T. Burroughs
Arlington
Ashley
Pentagon
Washington Post
Vietnam
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank X. Jones
William Jones
St. Louis
Young Jones
Maryknoll Seminary
Loyola of Chicago
St. Benedict’s College
Atchison, Kane
Miami
Salvatore Argento
Robert
Germany
Erwin J. Foster
Blackshear
Richard Lee Propp
Chicago
Parker F. Smith
Glen Ridge
N.J
Henry H. Smith
Chevy Chase
Justin Olson
Redding
Calif
Ralph Olson
Allens Commission