hermannr
Regular Member
I believe you 100% on the story, but I would love to read more about this... do you know of any details that I can use to look for more info... I'd like to see if anything explains exactly what the hell the feds were thinking...
I'm sorry I cannot get more specific, this old memory is not keeping details like it use to. Happened about the time I went into service (1967 or just slightly before) and because it was my "home" town, I heard about it. (home town as in the place I was born, though, personally I have lived may places, my mom was good at keeping up contacts with people everywhere we had lived. My dad was a Lutheran pastor.)
I do know there is a book about Canada and Vietnam, do not know the title, but that shouldn't be too hard to find. The incident should be in the book if it was properly researched. Canada changed it's policy on allowing draft dodgers/deserters (men of draft-able age that did not have valid discharge papers) in 67, so it happened before that. I do know, no matter what the wiki says, that incident was the reason for Canada's change in policy. From a quick review on the net looks like it was hushed up.