He was drafted into the military in the early 1950s but served as a conscientious objector.

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For openers, he was a pacifist who refused to serve in World War II, instead registering in 1942 as a conscientious objector.

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Hasan's position in an incredible decision made last month by the secretary of the Army to grant conscientious objector status to Pfc.

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When Britain went to war in 1939, he registered as a conscientious objector, which was to mean a two month spell in jail.

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Monte Bello fell into desuetude during Prohibition, and a portion was replanted in the '40s by William Short, a Unitarian minister jailed as a conscientious objector throughout World War I.

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Mr. Kampelman was a conscientious objector during World War II and did alternate service by participating in a government-funded starvation study that saw him drop in weight to 100 pounds from 160.

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By granting conscientious objector status to Pfc.

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Because I think you've got to face up to the fact that if you are a conscientious objector in a time of war, of your country at war, then you are excluded from the assembly of your countrymen in a particular manner.

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Abdo as a conscientious objector?

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Abdo's conscientious objector designation.

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