thedrifter
11-05-05, 06:04 PM
War Drives Wedge Between Veteran Sons, Parents
POSTED: 5:55 pm EST November 5, 2005
CANTON, Ohio -- Two members of the Third Battalion, 25th Marines are still waiting to be welcomed home.
The unit came back to Ohio last month after losing 48 members in Iraq. But the parents of Jason and Johel Woodliff didn't come out for the homecoming.
Thomas and Mia Woodliff are against war because they're Jehovah's Witnesses. They said they respect their sons' decision to enlist, but they can't reconcile it with their faith.
Johel Woodliff said he begged his mother to greet him and his brother when they came back. He said his parents were upset with him when he turned down a college scholarship to enlist.
Jason Woodliff said he was kicked out of the house when he told his parents he wanted to join the Marines. He said he hasn't spoken with his father in five years.
Ellie
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POSTED: 5:55 pm EST November 5, 2005
CANTON, Ohio -- Two members of the Third Battalion, 25th Marines are still waiting to be welcomed home.
The unit came back to Ohio last month after losing 48 members in Iraq. But the parents of Jason and Johel Woodliff didn't come out for the homecoming.
Thomas and Mia Woodliff are against war because they're Jehovah's Witnesses. They said they respect their sons' decision to enlist, but they can't reconcile it with their faith.
Johel Woodliff said he begged his mother to greet him and his brother when they came back. He said his parents were upset with him when he turned down a college scholarship to enlist.
Jason Woodliff said he was kicked out of the house when he told his parents he wanted to join the Marines. He said he hasn't spoken with his father in five years.
Ellie
Sad
:(