So, long story short … my great Uncle Harry served in KOYLI in Germany around 1954. He went AWOL for 9 years before voluntarily returning himself. He was court martialled for desertion, which my late father/Auntie got copys of, however whole pages of the court martial are redacted and some sections simply have stamped "File Closed until 2040" "Filed Closed until 2065".
The file for the court martial is over 100 pages long, which whole sections being sealed. My father & auntie both suspected there may have been more to his service/duties than was disclosed. The only extra information I have been able to find is he is briefly named in the JFK assassination files, as coming into contact with a subject of interest.
I'd just be interested to know if sealing files like this is normal procedure. I think my dad did try to later get hold of these files, but was told they no longer existed.