Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Has he done his duty? Yes. Has he done enough?

Iraq Vet Says He Won’t Return




After two deployments, Marine doesn’t want to go back, could face jail


by Therese Hogue



When Benjamin Lewis was 17, he joined the Marine
Corps' delayed entry program, looking for a new direction in his life.
He had dropped out of school and was struggling. The military seemed
like a good option.

[Benjamin Lewis chats with a patron as he tends bar at Block 15. After doing two tours in Iraq in the Marine Corps, Lewis is now in Corvallis, going to school and working as a bartender with a new perspective on the war. (Casey Campbell/Gazette-Times)]Benjamin Lewis chats with a patron as he tends bar at Block 15. After doing two tours in Iraq in the Marine Corps, Lewis is now in Corvallis, going to school and working as a bartender with a new perspective on the war. (Casey Campbell/Gazette-Times)
After two deployments to Iraq, and an
honorable discharge, Lewis, now 23, recently learned that he might be
involuntarily redeployed to the region. He's decided that he's not
going back, even if it means facing imprisonment.

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