Jenkins pleads guilty to charges of desertion, aiding enemyKyodo / Wednesday November 3, 9:10 AM
U.S. Army sergeant Charles Jenkins on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the charge of desertion to North Korea in 1965 while serving in South Korea at the outset of a court-martial hearing held at the Army's Camp Zama near Tokyo.U.S. Army sergeant Charles Jenkins on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the charge of desertion to North Korea in 1965 while serving in South Korea at the outset of a court-martial hearing held at the Army's Camp Zama near Tokyo...
Jenkins also pleaded guilty to aiding the enemy by teaching North Koreans English. He pleaded not guilty to charges of encouraging disloyalty and soliciting other personnel to desert.