Charles Robert Jenkins
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Charles Robert Jenkins was a deserter from the United States Army, a North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea.
Jenkins in 2004
Jenkins in a 1950s Army photo
Hitomi Soga in 2023
Sergeant Jenkins at court-martial
Jerry Wayne Parrish
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Jerry Wayne Parrish, also known by his Korean name Kim Yu-il, was a United States Army corporal who was one of seven American soldiers to defect to North Korea, four of them during the 1960s, in the y
Charles Robert Jenkins
…a hapless sap who made a life-altering mistake." Jenkins was initially housed with fellow US deserters Larry Allen Abshier, James Joseph Dresnok, and Jerry Wayne Parrish. The American men fought amongst themselves, with Jenkins later describing the 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) Dresnok as a bully who informed on the others to…
Jerry Wayne Parrish