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...been refused conscientious-objector status by his draft board. When he went to his draft appeal board, the Justice Department advised it that he was not sincere and that his beliefs, based on the teachings of the Nation of Islam (more familiarly known as the Black Muslims), were "political and racial" in nature, rather than religious as required by law. The appeal board upheld Ali's 1-A classification...
...Calley a letter telling him that I am praying that he will soon be free. He fought for me and for all of us in beautiful America. He did what he thought best on the battlefield. He did not burn his draft card or say he was a conscientious objector...
...next document, a four-pagememorandum dated Nov. 11, 1970, contains detailed case histories of several young Philadelphia men who applied for conscientious objector status or were involved in draft resistance. Also in the memorandum are references to faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania and at Temple University in Philadelphia who made speeches or signed statements about the draft...
Font wrote the Army 18 months later and applied for discharge as a conscientious objector, citing as his reasons the gross immorality of the war in Vietnam and his refusal to fight in it. He was the first graduate in the 168-year history of West Point to apply for C. O. status...
...therefore state that the allegations against me, late to work, overuse of the telephone, are grossly exaggerated, and are made to discredit me because I hold and express anti-war views and seek discharge as a conscientious objector...