Charles Robert Jenkins
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title:
Charles Robert Jenkins
text:
Charles Robert Jenkins was a United States Army deserter, North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea. Driven by fear of combat and possible service in the Vietnam War, then-Sergeant Jenkins abandoned his patrol and walked across the Korean Demilitarized Zone in January 1965. Instead of being sent to the Soviet Union and then traded back to the US, Jenkins was held captive in North Korea for over 39 years. While kept prisoner, Jenkins was tortured, forced to wed a capt
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American Army defector (1940–2017)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Robert_Jenkins
date created:
2004-06-06T07:51:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T12:14:19Z
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