A timeline of events leading up to accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins' surrender and court-martial:

* January 1965: U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, 24, disappears across the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea while on patrol.

* 1970s: Jenkins' voice is heard on anti-U.S. propaganda broadcasts blasted from North Korea across the DMZ. He is later identified as an actor in anti-American films produced by the North.