CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS

HISTORY

• They were Quakers, Brethren, and Mennonites
• Thousands went to jail for not using weapons
• There religion though that killing another human being was wrong under any circumstance

HISTORY

• They served in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam War
• 42,000 people became COs in World War II

JOBS

• By World War II the government allowed COs to serve as non-combatants in hospitals and national parks
• During War they performed tasks not directly involved with killing such as ambulance driving

SHOWING PATRIOTISM

• About 500 COs competed to become human guinea pigs
• They allowed themselves to be tested to show the effects of dehydration among other things

DESMOND DOSS

• He was born in Lynchburg Virginia, February 7, 1919
• Joined the army on April 1, 1942
• He served on the islands of Guam, Leyte, Okinawa
• Assigned to Infantry Rifle Company
• He won the Medal of Honor

DESMOND DOSS

• On his Sabbath he saved 75 people on Okinawa by running into fire fight he was injured several times but he refused help until other men were taken first

PERCEPTION

• People did not like COs because they didn’t use weapons
• Their commanding officers didn’t care if they got beaten up
• They went to military jails for not fighting in war