Category: James Burmeister

Oregon father speaks out

Passion and empathy: Why is it that it takes a harsh reality to kick in your own front door, grab you by the scruff of your own all too relaxed neck, before you really cry again.

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James Burmeister returns from Canada

Courage to Resist. April 11, 2008 update PFC James Burmeister recently returned from Canada and turned himself in to the Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky on March 4. In May 2007, James refused redeployment to Iraq. He lived in Canada...

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