#title Unsung Hero Dept.
#author Liberation News Service
#SORTauthors Liberation News Service;
#date 1969
#source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/73-february-20-march-5-1969/unsung-hero-dept]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2021-08-20
#notes Fifth Estate #73, February 20-March 5, 1969

TOPEKA (LNS)—Pvt. Donald Till wasn’t happy when the MP’s busted him for being AWOL.

When they decided to fly him to Fort Riley, Kansas for a court-martial, Till hatched a plan. Feigning fear of flying, he conned a parachute out of his captors, and then questioned them at length about its use.

Mid-flight, the industrious soldier leapt 3,000 feet to his freedom. Unfortunately he was captured a short time later.