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COMMON CRIME IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AND THAT WHILE SOME
DESERTERS MAY EVENTUALLY BE ASSIGNED TO DANGEROUS FRONT LINE POSTS, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RULE ABOUT THIS AND THERE IS CERTAINLY NOTHING LIKE A PENAL BATTALION. A POSTING
TO KONTUM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS TWO-THIRDS SURROUNDED BY
COMMUNIST FORCES, WOULD BE A FRONT LINE POSTING BUT IT WOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE AN ASSIGNMENT TO DEATH OR ANYTHING LIKE IT.
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