[News Script: AWOL Caper] Page: 1 of 2
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Lr'iy Sroci ' 1t Thurth Clo s' R-n 2r,1ith of Bend,
Oregon, a spokesvin for six American soldiery vho
went A1"OJ from ?n Army bge in 5ch-einfurt, Germnnv
last 'riday, toll Areocirtend in Amarillo, they
are protesting treatment by superiors -t their base.
The o)tlher snldier- who left with Smith ore 1'-
year-old Gary Schutz of Smithfield, '3-yerr-ol1 Jerry
v -,thre
Smith of Dumps, M and others from Los
AnjIeles, P Ainsville, fMinnesnta and B illinP-r, P ontnna.
Smith said the group :tew to Washington rnnf on
to Amarillo where they hnve been in contact rith
Attorney Green.
Smith said they decided to fly home to cr miTtize
the conitionq he chimed exist st their unit. He
si hi nilit-ry siirriorr hjve t!mo er uith
rersoml -Ail, in -r inst nce^ thv'ine it av y
before it re ched the men.
Attorney Green, representing the group, Crys he
plans to surrender them to the military in 24 hour-
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: AWOL Caper], script, June 5, 1973, 12:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1901292/m1/1/?q=%22Military+and+War+-+United+States+Armed+Forces+-+United+States+Army%22: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.