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Deserter objects to killing in war not in defense of U.S.
1st Lt. John R. Wequist, a West Point graduate who went AWOL to avoid Vietnam, told UPI in Stockholm he could not fight in Vietnam as Americans had harmed no one. He fled to Sweden with his wife and infant daughter, seeking political asylum, saying war should be waged only to defend a country.
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