Teen who changed his mind about enlistment is discharged

4/5/2007 9:20:09 AM
Associated Press

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A high school senior who faced down military recruiters on his front lawn and refused to go to basic training after earlier signing up for the Minnesota Army National Guard has now been discharged.

"You are discharged from the Army National Guard and as a reserve of the Army," said a memo from Minnesota's Office of Adjutant General sent to the lawyer representing Leo Valle, an 18-year-old student at Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights.

It was welcome news for Valle, who claims that months earlier a National Guard sergeant threatened him with arrest and military prison if he didn't go to basic training. >>>cont