Abstract
The decision in 1965 to expand the U.S. Army’s active force without a reserve mobilization quickly generated massive organizational turbulence. In this environment one unwilling soldier found an extraordinary opportunity to slip away.
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William M. Donnelly, “This ’Horrible Example’: An Extraordinary Case of Absent Without Leave during the Vietnam War,” The Journal of Military History 79, no. 2 (April 2015): 457–466.