Dion M. Whitley, 21

When Whitley, who was 6-foot-3, first tried to enlist, he weighed 300 pounds. Recruiters told him that he would have to lose weight in order to meet requirements. He did. Eventually, his brother said, he became convinced that "the war wasn't a good war."

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