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Army Deserter to Visit U.S. After 40 Years
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| Last Edited | Bob Jun 13, 2005 11:41am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, June 13, 2005 05:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | TOKYO - A U.S. soldier who deserted his Army unit 40 years ago and fled to North Korea left his home in northern Japan on Monday for his first visit to the United States since he turned himself in late last year.
Charles Jenkins, his Japanese wife and their two daughters were scheduled to fly to Washington on Tuesday after spending a night in Tokyo. He has said he has no plans to move to the United States, but has repeatedly said he wants to see his 91-year-old mother, who lives in a nursing home in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
He was expected to stay in the United States for about a week. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo issued him a passport last month.
Jenkins, 65, served 25 days in a U.S. military jail in Japan last year after a court-martial. He came to Japan in July to be with his wife, Hitomi Soga, who was kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1978 but allowed to return home in 2002.
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