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Saturday, November 05, 2005

War Drives Wedge Between Veteran Sons, Parents

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.

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.

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