Since the the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl there have been many questions surrounding the night of his disappearance and whether or not he was a deserter. On Mondays show, a caller who identified himself as Joshua Cornelison and claimed to have served Bergdahl, confirmed some recent media reports and said Bergdahl did indeed abandon his post!
Heres what he told Tom:
(Bergdahl) ended up walking off our small outpost in the middle of nowhere and he purposefully and willfully left under his own conscience and will and he decided he wanted his own adventure in Afghanistan and subsequently put myself and my other 29 other platoon members in tremendous amount of harm initially. And then as all the resources got shifted in to Paktika.. he put thousands and thousands of more people in danger and there were causalities because of that
Later, Cornelison told Tom is was infuriating chasing this ghost around when he believe Bergdahl didnt want to be found!
Here are some other highlights from Toms conversation with Joshua Cornelison:
4:24 IN Cornelison explains why theres no way the Taliban could have taken Bergdahl
7:06 IN Cornelison says hed ask Bergdahl why he abandoned his post, put fellow soldiers at risk
8:16 IN Cornelison explains how they lost men as a result of Bergdahls desertion.