Randy Caudill, who enlisted in the Marines in 1966 and went AWOL rather than go to Vietnam, pleaded guilty to desertion charges and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge. Caudill, now a resident of Winnipeg, was arrested 9 September on a ferry from Victoria, British Columbia, to Port Angeles, Washington, by INS agents conducting a random check of passengers.
Desertion Plea
Randy Caudill, who enlisted in the Marines in 1966 and went AWOL rather than go to Vietnam, pleaded guilty to desertion charges and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge. Caudill, now a resident of Winnipeg, was arrested 9 September on a ferry from Victoria, British Columbia, to Port Angeles, Washington, by INS agents conducting a random check of passengers.
