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Saving Pvt. Hafterson: Hearing scheduled

Posted at 10:11 AM on October 1, 2009 by Bob Collins (0 Comments)
Filed under: War

I just got word that a Ramsey County judge has agreed to hear the case today of Pvt. Travis Hafterson, the Circle Pines Marine who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder whom I've written about here and here.

His family is trying to get him civilly committed in Minnesota, rather than taken by Marines back to North Carolina where he is facing charges of desertion.

I'll try to update the story this afternoon.

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