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thedrifter
03-07-06, 06:16 AM
Decades later, Marines hunt Vietnam-era deserters <br />
By Bill Nichols, USA TODAY <br />
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1965, Marine Cpl. Jerry Texiero quietly disappeared from his California base, plagued by...

thedrifter
03-07-06, 06:23 AM
8,000 desert during Iraq war <br />
By Bill Nichols, USA TODAY <br />
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At least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted since the Iraq war began, Pentagon records show, although the...