Soldier's guilty plea after 39 years on run 1 State Edition

"Ma'am, I am in fact guilty," [Charles Robert Jenkins] told the judge, Colonel Denise Vowell, in sometimes tearful testimony before a court- martial at Army camp Zama outside of Tokyo. In full uniform for the court-martial, Jenkins wept as he described his depression, fears of death a...

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Published inAdvertiser (Adelaide, Australia : 1931)
Main Author KENJI HALL in Camp Zama, Japan
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Adelaide, S. Aust Nationwide News Pty Ltd 04.11.2004
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Jenkins, Charles E
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Summary:"Ma'am, I am in fact guilty," [Charles Robert Jenkins] told the judge, Colonel Denise Vowell, in sometimes tearful testimony before a court- martial at Army camp Zama outside of Tokyo. In full uniform for the court-martial, Jenkins wept as he described his depression, fears of death and heavy drinking in the days before he deserted. It brings to a close one of the Army's longest desertion sagas. Though deserters from the 1940s still are being sought, none has surrendered after as long an absence as Jenkins.
ISSN:1039-4192