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It can be hard to start over in a new place when you don't speak the language or have any ties. You might be killed by locals if they think you're a spy. If your army caught you, they would have you killed.
Lets say WW2 and we free France what prevents me from saying fuck this I am staying in France where they at least used to love Americans?
Back the train up yes I am US went to school in US and never even heard about Troops doing messed up things. I mean no sarcasm in this btw. Can you provide some links on what you are referring to?
Hey Dude or Dudette I just got around to reading this. Sorry for the late reply. How come GI's did this? Also if I was going to live there wouldn't it be up to me to kick the ever living day lights out of the men commiting this? What I meant was maybe get a house home or whatever. For pretty cheap since France was bombed to shit. Fix it up grow a decent garden and maybe open up a free for all farmers market?
Assuming your service ended at that point and you were free to leave, it'd certainly be easier than deserting into enemy territory. France just after WW2 was pretty war-torn and full of refugees, so it wouldn't have been the easiest place to live for the first several years at least.