] Three years after he was honorably discharged from the
] Army, Frederick Pistorius was surprised to learn he was a
] deserter.
]
]
] But there it was, on his doorstep: a letter from Barry W.
] Kimmons, Deputy Chief, Deserter Information Point
] Extension Office of the Army Reserve Personnel Command.
]
]
] "On 12 July 2004 you were involuntarily mobilized to
] active duty in the United States Army," the letter says.
] "To date you have not reported to your mobilization
] station as required by your orders." Possibly Pistorius
] had not responded for two reasons. The Pistorius family
] had moved from the address in Sharon, Pa., to which the
] Army had sent its first letter. More saliently, having
] served honorably in not one but two branches of the U.S.
] military, with no additional obligation showing on his
] discharge papers, Pistorius would have had no reason to
] think he was subject to anything but his civilian job at
] a local steel plant.

[ Not a particularly encouraging story... -k]

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