'USA should fight for’ Travis King’s return after soldier defected to North Korea, his family says
July 28, 2023
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as posted by the channelThe family of the US soldier who inexplicably sprinted into North Korea begged American officials to “fight” for his safe return this week.
Travis King’s devastated — and bewildered — loved ones said that the US government should work as hard as possible to bring home the since-detained 23-year-old Army private because of his military service.
“When he went to the Army to fight for America, America should fight for him, fight for him to come home,” his uncle Myron Gates told NBC News.
His sister Jaqueda Gates added: “At the end of the day, I just feel like it should be no men left behind.”
US officials said Monday that they were working to contact North Korea through the United Nations, but the militant country has refused to respond with any information or comment on the baffling defection.
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