morale. The three American soldiers, Private Dennis Mora, Private First Class James Johnson and Private David Samas were recently given heavy sentences for. refusing to go to Vietnam. [See World | Outlook July 15, July 29, September 16.]
In an interview with Barry Sheppard, managing editor of The Militant, Mrs. Grace Mora Newman, the sister of Pvt. Dennis Mora, released the text of the following statement written by her brother immediately after the court-martial at Fort Dix:
"We are proud of our dishonorable discharge in times when we are asked to serve in a brutal war of aggression against humanity and peace. An honorable man can only do the honorable and right thing, and not serve. We feel confident that our action has not been lost in the wilderness of lies and hypocrisy our foreign policy is today. We know that all decent and democratic Americans will see the justice of our cause. More importantly, we hope our action has moved other young men to thinking and questioning this corporate. establishment... We have done only a part of what remains to be done for peace in Vietnam. The American people will get on with the work of putting an end to the bombing and burning. They are our Judges. They will find us innocent.
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