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  • Family splits over sons’ military service; war conflicts with their beliefs

    11/05/2005 8:18:52 AM PST · by ResistorSister · 23 replies · 918+ views
    The Canton Repository (Canton, OH) ^ | Saturday, November 5, 2005 | CHARITA GOSHAY
    CANTON - The Marine Corps Reserve 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines returned home from Iraq to the open arms of grateful family members. Jason and Johel Woodliff had only each other. The brothers say they were not greeted by their family upon their return on Oct. 6, because of religion. The Woodliffs’ parents are devout Jehovah’s Witnesses, who oppose war and military service. Graduates of Washington High School in Massillon, the Woodliffs said they had a strict upbringing based on their parents’ faith, and that the real trouble began when they announced their intentions to become Marines. “When they found out...