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Deserters Seek New Life in Sweden Amidst Vietnam War Backlash
A long Associated Press dispatch from Stockholm details American servicemen fleeing to Sweden as “moral refugees.” It covers defectors led by militants like Haire, the roles of FNL and Swedish groups aiding asylum, and the mixed reactions from U.S. officials, Swedish authorities, and deserters, including Pvt. Ray Jones who eventually returned home.
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Sweden
Wil Grimsley
Associated Press
Stockholm
United States
Judge Advocate
Ig. Army
Europe
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Pvt
Ray Jones
Detroit
West Germany
New York
Dedin
Jones
Furth
Nuerenberg
Copenhagen
Stokholm
Vais
Ray
America
Michael David Haire
Beaufort
Reveille
Stockade
Haire
Front For National Liberation
FNL
Japan
Stockhalm
Tory
Richard Bailey
Jacksonville
Fla
Michael A. Lindner
Mount Po
Cono
Craig Anderson
San Jose
Calif
John Barilla
Catonsville
Soviet Union
Anderson
Barilla
Emily
Bailey
Lindner
Gosta Ekman
Chaos
Germany
Involvec
PNL
Hans Goren Franck
Vietnam Committee
Gunnar “Myrdal
Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Cal. Levis F. Shull
Shull
Charity of Friends