In an eastern U.S. city, a newsman interviewed relatives and friends of one of the 23 U.S. war prisoners who have refused repatriation, to find out whether anything in his home background had made the soldier discontented with life in the U.S. The newsman's findings:
The soldier had been raised in a city slum. His father never worked steadily. His mother was a hard drinker and openly went about with other men. Their son grew up to be a sensitive, belligerent child who lived by his wits. He once missed school for 21 days because he had no shoes to...
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