Was desertion a problem in the Vietnamese war?
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We often hear tons of stories about the Vietnam war, but I really don’t know if there were a lot of desertions during this period. I would imagine there was…could anyone confirm?
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Found this little quippet on Wikipedia, but take it with a grain of salt...it is wikipedia, after all.
"Approximately 50,000 American servicemen deserted during the Vietnam War.[14] Some of these migrated to Canada. Among those who deserted to Canada were Andy Barrie, host of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio's Metro Morning, and Jack Todd, award-winning sports columnist for the Montreal Gazette.[15] Other countries also gave asylum to deserted U.S. soldiers. For example, Sweden allows asylum for foreign soldiers deserting from war, if the war does not align with the current goals of Swedish foreign policy. Deserted U.S. soldiers in Vietnam were given asylum in Sweden."
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