Mennonite Central Committee

Voices of Soldiers and Veterans

The voices of people who have "been there" are especially effective in helping potential enlistees think more carefully about what military enlistment might mean for them.

 

About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070101/cooperweb

 

Appeal for Redress

An appeal to Congress by military personnel for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

http://www.appealforredress.org

 

Camilo Mejia

Source: Camilo Mejia: GI Resister, Conscientious Objector & Iraq War Veteran

www.freecamilo.org

 

Kevin Benderman

Source: Kevin Benderman: a conscientious objector currently serving a 15-month prison sentence for refusing a second deployment to Iraq.

bendermantimeline.com/index.html

www.topia.net/kevinbenderman.html

 

Marine Obeys his Conscience

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Story of Stephen Funk who refused deployment to Iraq in 2003.

www.objector.org/ccco/inthenews/funkco.html

 

Aidan Delgado

Source: Democracy Now
Conscientious Objector Witnessed Abuse, Killing of Iraqi Detainees at Abu Ghraib

www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7508.htm

Source: The Black Commentator
Another interview with Aidan Delgado

www.blackcommentator.com/133/133_think_racism_military.html

 

Courage to Resist

Supporting the Troops that Refuse to Fight

www.couragetoresist.org/mambo

 

G.I. Special

Hundreds of stories from Iraq veterans and their families that chronicle the sadness and pain of war, separation, and loss.

Source: www.militaryproject.org

My Son's Last Words Before He Went Back: I Don't Know Who My Enemy Is

www.militaryproject.org/article.asp?id=757

After Seeing Friends Die....

www.militaryproject.org/article.asp?id=784

 

We Don't Need Another Soldier

Source: Rethinking Schools
The story of Satch who joined the Marines, then returned to his high school several years later to tell students to take their time, and analyze carefully what the military recruiters say.

www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/20_01/sold201.shtml

 

2000 U.S. Troops Dead in Iraq: One Survivor Tells His Story

Source: The Daily Mirror
Tomas Young tells the story of his enlistment in response to 9/11, and his life-changing injury during duty in Iraq

www.ivaw.net/index.php?id=187

 

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