Featured in defectorsBYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023ShareThe Army’s notorious ‘Soldier of Misfortune’ tried to defect to Cuba and North VietnamSomething was seriously wrong with Bobby Joe Keesee well before the soldier tried to defect to Cuba and North Vietnam…. BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyMay 31, 2023ShareThe Gouzenko Affair was the most shocking Soviet defection to the WestGouzenko and his cipher skills were recalled to Moscow in 1944 and there was nothing his boss could do about it. BYTeam MightyMay 31, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyJan 20, 2023ShareHere’s what happened to 6 American soldiers who defected to North KoreaIsolated and sealed off from the rest of the world, North Korea doesn’t exactly shine as a beacon of hope and light. But for a half dozen American soldiers serving after the Korean War ended, it apparently seemed that way. The war came … BYTeam MightyJan 20, 2023ShareBYJames ElphickOct 26, 2022ShareThese daring defectors turned the Viet Cong against itselfIn 1966, the Marines in Vietnam found themselves with an unusual opportunity – to turn the tables on the enemy. This came by way of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese defectors who were willing to be retrained to work and fight with America… BYJames ElphickOct 26, 2022ShareBYJessica EvansOct 15, 2020ShareMeet the Irish American battalion that en masse defected to MexicoA bit of far off Irish-American-Mexican history brings to light a lesser-known chapter of Irish military service – the time that 265 Irish service members defected. Some called them heroes; others called them traitors. The Irish immigrants w… BYJessica EvansOct 15, 2020Share
BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023ShareThe Army’s notorious ‘Soldier of Misfortune’ tried to defect to Cuba and North VietnamSomething was seriously wrong with Bobby Joe Keesee well before the soldier tried to defect to Cuba and North Vietnam…. BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyMay 31, 2023ShareThe Gouzenko Affair was the most shocking Soviet defection to the WestGouzenko and his cipher skills were recalled to Moscow in 1944 and there was nothing his boss could do about it. BYTeam MightyMay 31, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyJan 20, 2023ShareHere’s what happened to 6 American soldiers who defected to North KoreaIsolated and sealed off from the rest of the world, North Korea doesn’t exactly shine as a beacon of hope and light. But for a half dozen American soldiers serving after the Korean War ended, it apparently seemed that way. The war came … BYTeam MightyJan 20, 2023Share
BYJames ElphickOct 26, 2022ShareThese daring defectors turned the Viet Cong against itselfIn 1966, the Marines in Vietnam found themselves with an unusual opportunity – to turn the tables on the enemy. This came by way of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese defectors who were willing to be retrained to work and fight with America… BYJames ElphickOct 26, 2022Share
BYJessica EvansOct 15, 2020ShareMeet the Irish American battalion that en masse defected to MexicoA bit of far off Irish-American-Mexican history brings to light a lesser-known chapter of Irish military service – the time that 265 Irish service members defected. Some called them heroes; others called them traitors. The Irish immigrants w… BYJessica EvansOct 15, 2020Share
