ARMED FORCES: Acrimony over Amnesty

Acrimony over Amnesty

"Please tell me what I can do about my son," the middle-aged woman pleaded, her eyes glistening. Eyes front, obviously touched, Lieut. General Leo E. Benade kept walking toward the door of the congressional hearing room where he had just testified. The woman continued: "He has been a deserter for six years in Sweden, and I cannot get anyone to talk to me. I have written to everybody, and nobody has any answers. All they tell me is, 'Produce the body, and we'll negotiate.' He wants to come home....

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