Decades later, Marines hunt Vietnam-era deserters

[professorpan]

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[Gouda]

8,000 desert during Iraq war<br><br>"At least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted since the Iraq war began, Pentagon records show, although the overall desertion rate has plunged since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001..."<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060307/ts_usatoday/8000desertduringiraqwar">news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday...ingiraqwar</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[LoganSquare]

<br>SPITE HOUSE: The Last Secret of the War in Vietnam, <br><br>In this book, respected Marine Colonel Tom C. McKenney reveals the secret part of his job in Vietnam-organizing killer teams to assassinate Americans said to be traitors. Obsessed for years with carrying out his mission to kill Garwood, McKenney has now determined that Garwood was innocent, and more than that, a hero. He tells Jensen-Stevenson, "Would you tell him [Garwood] that I will crawl on my hands and knees to beg his forgivenness?"<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.firstprinciplespress.org/pages/spitehouse.htm">www.firstprinciplespress....ehouse.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>