WWII conscientious objector camp at Patapsco was first in U.S.
By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun Fighting raged in Europe and Asia, and a military draft was on in the United States, but the American draftees dispatched to Patapsco Valley State Park in the spring of 1941 had their own ideas about war. They would serve, but not...
Camilo Mejia, Advisory Member
Camilo Mejia is an Army conscientious objector (CO) and was the first soldier to refuse to return to the war in Iraq. He is the former chair of the board of directors for Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and author of the book Road to Ar Ramadi: The Private...
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