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US Airman Steps Forward After 28 Years AWOL

Deserter David Hemler has been in Sweden since 1984

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 18, 2012 1:57 AM CDT | Updated Jun 18, 2012 4:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – A US Air Force deserter is "back from the dead" after being AWOL since 1984. David Hemler says he walked off a base in Germany 28 years ago and hitchhiked to Sweden, where he only planned to stay a week but ended up building...   Read full story »

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US military • fugitive • Sweden • US Air Force • deserter • David Hemler

 
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