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Originally Posted by sglancy12
US Forces stationed in the United States would therefore, I believe, have a much higher desertion rate due to soldiers wanting to return to their home communities (presuming they are not known to have been nuked) and ascertain the welfare of family and friends. After all, they can just start walking and eventually they can get there. With little except official communications crossing the country, many service men are going to walk away from their posts and try and check on their families.
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Good call on that one. Wherever on e wishes to set the bar for desertions, CONUS is going to have it worse than the ETO, the Middle East, or Korea.
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