Mr. Sanft came to the United States at the age of 13 to live with relatives while attending American schools. After attending schools in Provo and Salt Lake City. Utah. he was inducted into the Marine Corps. It was while walking guard duty near the Cambodian border in April 1967 that he first received notice of a pending deportation hearing. In his own words. Mr. Sanft relates: People told me I was crazy to get shot at and then come back to a country that might deport me. I could have gone back to Tonga then. but I wanted to serve my time in the Marines.
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