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that killed millions of North
Koreans, as an asset for propaganda, Jenkins and his family still received rations of clothing, insect-infested rice, and soap. In their 2004 testimony, Jenkins and Soga told the US Army about their living accommodations in North Korea—or lack thereof. While heat, warm
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Jenkins' relationship with Soga was remarkable: Jenkins said "several times that she was the best thing that had ever happened to him 'She saved my life,' he told me. I suspect he was right." After their release from North Korea in the early 2000s, Jenkins offered to
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captain. His celebrity status as an alleged-defector-turned-movie-star also afforded him greater social cachet as a state prize, allowing him to see Soviet dignitaries and diplomats who piteously slipped him materials and information from outside the Korean state.
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where they reunited with Soga and the
Japanese government promised residency for the whole family. After his release from North Korea, Jenkins was 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in) tall, and only weighed 100 pounds (45 kg), having lost his
579:) "that he had been a double-agent, sent to North Korea by the U.S. to spy on them". Boynton disbelieved Jenkins' claim, calling it "his attempt to maintain some dignity, and prove he wasn't just a hapless sap who made a life-altering mistake."
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who informed on the others to their captors. On 26 January 1965, North Korean radio announced that
Jenkins had defected there "because of disgust with conditions in South Korea and that he believed life was better under the
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One cold night in 1965, Sgt. Charles Robert
Jenkins disappeared from a patrol in South Korea. Forty years later he has resurfaced. In his first interview since leaving North Korea, he tells the Review his
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After his release from prison, Jenkins lived with his family in Soga's Sado childhood home. In June 2005, he visited the United States with his wife and children. They travelled to his home town of
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back to the US, Jenkins was held captive in North Korea for over 39 years. While kept prisoner, Jenkins was tortured, forced to wed a captured
Japanese national, and cast in North Korean
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930:, "Sir, I'm Sergeant Jenkins and I'm reporting". Jenkins' court-martial began and ended on 3 November 2004. He was the longest-missing deserter to return to the US military.
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Charles Robert
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In 1965, US soldier
Charles Robert Jenkins left South Korea for the North – and he went on to become a star in the Hermit Kingdom. Simon Fowler recounts his strange tale.
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home with her and their two daughters, wrote a book about his experiences in North Korea, worked in a local museum, and was treated like a celebrity by the
Japanese.
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Elbert N. Perkins, the general court-martial convening authority, changed the confinement to 30 days, and approved the remainder of the sentence, to be in the
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Every night before going to bed, US defector
Charles Jenkins turned to Hitomi Soga, the woman North Korea had forced him to marry, and kissed her three times.
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him to "six months' confinement, total forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to the lowest enlisted grade, and a dishonorable discharge."
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An American soldier who deserted his Army unit in 1965 and fled to North Korea is planning to visit his ailing mother in the United States soon.
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because he was being ordered to lead "more aggressive, provocative patrols", and there were rumors that his unit would be sent to
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could bring back the American and his daughters after a May diplomatic trip. Ultimately, they refused to leave; because of the
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1947:"Charles Jenkins, U.S. defector to North Korea and husband of former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, dies at 77"
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The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea
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In a TIME exclusive, American defector Charles Jenkins talks about his life inside North Korea
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1590:"Stranger than Fiction: The GI Who Fled to North Korea for Forty Years"
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Charles Jenkins Shares His Story Of A Hard Life Under Abusive Regime
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1111: – American defector to North Korea (c. 1957 – c. 2004)
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Jenkins spent only 25 days in the brig; he was released early for
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their marriage, as it had been imposed upon them; Soga declined.
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Card, James (November–December 2006). "Escape from Pyongyang".
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warmonger who endeavored to extend the war to benefit the US
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and its antecedents. Jenkins was made to play Dr. Kelton, a
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as an English teacher and translator. Jenkins' lessons in
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1244:"G.I. Deserter Tells of Cold, Hungry Times in North Korea"
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19:For other people named Charles Jenkins, see
2185:(in Japanese). 15 July 2008. Archived from
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1804:(13 December 2004). "The Long Mistake".
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975:United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka
782:Japan–North Korea Pyongyang Declaration
700:Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies
517:drinking ten beers to build his courage
385:United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka
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2139:"BASIC PAY—EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004"
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1458:Schoenfeld, Gabriel (13 March 2008).
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1552:from the original on 9 November 2020
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1035:He continued to fear that agents of
820:Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
2379:American expatriates in North Korea
1944:Johnston, Eric (12 December 2017).
1600:from the original on 28 August 2022
1490:from the original on 25 August 2015
1331:from the original on 9 January 2023
1208:from the original on 27 August 2022
1084:at a local museum. Treated like a
1074:expedited Jenkins' application for
399:Charles Robert Jenkins was born on
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2210:"Jenkins gets permanent residency"
1909:from the original on 30 April 2019
1858:from the original on 4 August 2019
1658:from the original on 17 March 2019
1171:from the original on 12 March 2019
1141:Ramzy, Austin (12 December 2017).
1063:; he was featured on the cover of
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455:that same year as a light weapons
322:18 February 1940 –
16:American Army defector (1940–2017)
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2155:from the original on 28 June 2022
2038:Hoban, Alex (22 September 2009).
2012:from the original on 22 June 2019
1773:from the original on 17 July 2019
1739:Glionna, John M. (16 July 2009).
1642:"Deserter Recalls N. Korean Hell"
1520:Lusher, Adam (12 December 2017).
1365:Kirk, Jeremy (1 September 2004).
1276:from the original on 18 July 2019
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339:Japanese abductees in North Korea
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1980:from the original on 13 May 2019
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949:Denise Vowell was judge for the
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845:Tokyo Women's Medical University
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435:Jenkins in a 1950s US Army photo
44:SGT Jenkins on 11 September 2004
21:Charles Jenkins (disambiguation)
2068:from the original on 4 May 2021
1431:from the original on 8 May 2019
1419:Fowler, Simon (November 2015).
992:were executed on 18 July 2005.
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2299:University of California Press
1691:Curtin, J Sean (5 June 2004).
1319:. 27 January 1965. p. 1.
1311:. Vol. 81, no. 188.
463:, Jenkins next volunteered to
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2409:People convicted of desertion
2404:North Korean male film actors
2374:American expatriates in Japan
2148:. 1 January 2004. p. 1.
1367:"Four Decades in North Korea"
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625:'s writings and work for the
445:North Carolina National Guard
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1302:"Tar Heel Defector Reported"
1072:Japanese Ministry of Justice
999:SGT Jenkins at court-martial
564:The Army declared Jenkins a
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1372:Far Eastern Economic Review
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2419:People from Sado, Niigata
2289:Jenkins, Charles Robert;
2176:ジェンキンスさんに永住許可「死ぬまでここにいたい」
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866:United States v. Jenkins
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330:11 December 2017) was a
1467:The Wall Street Journal
1057:The Reluctant Communist
877:USARJ shoulder insignia
790:Japanese Prime Minister
669:North Korean government
2338:Charles Robert Jenkins
2323:Charles Robert Jenkins
1097:cardiovascular disease
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805:statute of limitations
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32:Charles Robert Jenkins
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469:7th Infantry Division
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271:7th Infantry Division
2340:at Wikimedia Commons
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1308:The Daily Times-News
738:« 켈튼 박사! »
604:Communists [
593:James Joseph Dresnok
533:tied a white t-shirt
501:8th Cavalry Regiment
481:3rd Armored Division
407:18 February 1940 in
281:8th Cavalry Regiment
276:3rd Armored Division
167:25 days imprisonment
2189:on 24 February 2009
2119:on 16 February 2011
2008:. 7 February 2014.
1640:(23 October 2005).
1391:on 2 September 2004
1242:(4 November 2004).
1076:permanent residency
786:government of Japan
752:) and made to sign
687:North Korean famine
597:Jerry Wayne Parrish
589:Larry Allen Abshier
577:New York University
503:when he decided to
449:honorable discharge
441:high school diploma
1586:Borch III, Fred L.
1461:"To Hell and Back"
1249:The New York Times
1148:The New York Times
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813:capital punishment
767:, portraying a US
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