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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From Wikipedia: Toma lived under the name András Tamás (Андраш Тамаш). A Czech linguist of Slovak descent, Karol Moravčík, identified him as Hungarian, and on 11 August 2000, Toma arrived back in Hungary where his family was identified through DNA matching. Since he was never discharged, Toma was promoted to sergeant major by the Minister of Defense, and since his military service had been continuous, his decades of accumulated unpaid salary were paid in full.

At least they didn't screw him out of his military pension.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At least they didn't screw him out of his military pension.

It's not the USA

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

In the US they would probably want him to pay back his missing unpaid sick days by working for free until he died.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the craziest part to me is that in 50+ years he didn't pick up any Russian at all. I didn't speak a word of Spanish but after living in New Mexico for two years I could at least understand and speak some Spanish.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I'm not really sure if he'd pick up much in a mental institution