THE ARMED FORCES: Pardon: How Broad A Blanket?

"We are making heroes out of deserters. " So says Lieut. Commander Michael Christian, a Norfolk-based former Viet Nam prisoner of war, who vows that he is ready to resign from the Navy in protest. "The price of honor seems pretty cheap this year." Air Force Colonel George Day, another former Viet Nam P.O. W. now stationed in Florida, is ready to pack up his war medals, including the Medal of Honor, and ship them all back to Washington.

"Our fight for a universal unconditional amnesty will continue," vows Mike Powers, a spokesman...

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