Accused Army deserter surrenders at U.S. military base in Japan

Saturday, September 11, 2004

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins surrendered at a U.S. military base near Tokyo today to face charges that he left his army unit in 1965 and defected to North Korea.

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