Dear mongolia-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting question.
The Pentagon first acknowledged US defectors living in North Korea in
a report in the Army Time on September 13, 1982. Their names however
were not published until much later. According to the Pentagon
information dated January 1996, the names of the US soldiers who
deserted the US military and defected to North Korea in the 1960?s
were:
Pvt. Larry Allen Abshier, of Urbana, Ill. - left his unit in May 1962 at age 19.
Cpl. Jerry Wayne Parrish (inaccurately reported as ?Parris?), of
Morganfield, Ky. - left his unit in December 1963 at age 19.
Pvt. James Joseph Dresnok, of Norfolk, Va. - left his unit in August
1962 at age 21. PFC Dresnok is married to a North Korean and has a
daughter.
Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, of Rich Square, N.C., married to Hitomi
Soga in 1980, a Japanese woman kidnapped by the North Koreans in
August of 1978 with whom he now has two daughters - left his unit (1st
Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division) in January 1965 at age
25. Some reports indicate that Jenkins has stated that he wishes to
leave North Korea; others say he has no intention of doing so.
According to a statement by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi
published by the Associated Press, "Mr. Jenkins has agreed to meet his
family in Indonesia" on July 26 of this year.
FREE NORTH KOREA
http://www.freenorthkorea.net/archives/freenorthkorea/001391.html
This is a fairly recent photo of Jenkins together with his two
daughters and one of his wife Soga:
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38465000/jpg/_38465317_jenkins_daughers300afp.jpg
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38465000/jpg/_38465319_soga150ap.jpg
The American deserters, three or four of which are still believed to
be alive, are said to be living in the "foreigner's apartments",
Chukehon-dong, Mangyongdae-kuyok, on the west-side of Pyongyang.
Some of the defectors reportedly appeared in the North Korean movie,
?Unsung Heroes? (aka ?"Nameless Heroes"), a black-and-white movie
filmed over several years in the early 1980s, which portrays North
Korea's counterintelligence efforts.
On Feb. 2, 1989, a N Korean defector reported that as many as 11
Americans defectors were serving in the capacity of English teachers
or translators in North Korea but this was apparently never confirmed.
We do know however that two other soldiers have since been identified
as defectors, having deserted well after the hostilities in Korea
ended. They were identified as Pvt. Joseph White (defected August
1982) of the 2nd Infantry Division and Ryan (sometimes reported as
?Roy?) Sup Chung (defected June 1979), a member of a military unit
based in Germany. Both are now believed to be deceased.
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INFORMATION SOURCES
US DEFECTORS IN N KOREA
http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/usdefect.htm
ALL POW/MIA
http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter/in100999b.html
http://www.aiipowmia.com/updates/updt1200.html
DEFENSELINK NEWS
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http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=names+defectors+Abshier+%22North+Korea%22&ei=UTF-8&n=20&fl=0&u=www.dod.mil/news/May1997/t051597_t0515asd.html&w=names+defectors+abshier+%22north+korea%22&d=2E14D9F96D&c=482&yc=14740&icp=1
?U.S. SAYS ALLEGED POWS WERE DEFECTORS?
JANUARY 16, 1996
http://cgi.cnn.com/WORLD/9601/nkorea_pow/
DEFECTOR FROM NC SEES ABDUCTEE WIFE OFF AT NORTH KOREA AIRPORT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/769562/posts
HUSBAND WANTS JAPAN KIDNAP VICTIM HOME
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38465000/jpg/_38465317_jenkins_daughers300afp.jpg
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