MILITARY SERVICE
(See also Neutrality; Selective Service)
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
alcoholism: g73 11/8 30
applicants for military academies willing to shoot anyone on orders: g76 2/22 30
attitude of youths: g65 12/8 30
Bible view: uw 166-167; w66 587; li 283-284; ms 357, 491; g64 5/22 12-14; w57 756; lg 237-238, 245-246; w51 70, 73-81; w39 323-333; ne 27-31
Catholics during World War II: g75 2/22 18-23
chaplains: g85 12/8 3, 6-7; g84 1/8 11; g84 7/22 19-20; w83 11/15 15-16; w81 1/15 26; w76 523; g75 2/22 19, 21; w71 644; w60 243; w58 99, 349; w57 291, 543; g53 6/8 8; g52 9/22 3-4; g40 10/30 11; g40 12/25 21-22; g35 4/10 442
problem in trying to serve both God and country: w82 11/1 27
recommends Witnesses: yb78 82
Christendom’s churches: g83 5/8 29-30
Christians became soldiers when they ceased to be Christians (quote): w78 4/15 15
civilian work as substitute for: g74 12/8 23
clergy view: g75 2/22 18-23; g65 9/22 15
comment by Pope John Paul II: g84 10/8 29
conscientious objection: yb75 101; yb73 22, 79-81, 98-100, 120-122, 124, 162-163; g71 1/8 13-15; g71 3/22 29; g70 7/22 31; g69 3/8 29; g69 7/22 30; yb68 249-250; g68 8/22 9-11; g67 8/8 4-6; g67 8/22 13-15; w66 611-612; g66 10/22 25-26; g66 11/8 29-30; w65 221-222; g65 8/22 8-10; w64 484; g64 2/8 30; yb63 300-301; g62 12/8 30; g61 8/8 4; g55 6/22 3-8; g52 4/8 23-24; w51 77-81; g48 7/8 7; g40 3/6 30; g40 8/21 14-15
Denmark: g78 1/22 9-12
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g78 1/22 10
Greece: g78 1/22 10; g78 2/22 5-7
Netherlands: g78 1/22 10
Sweden: g78 1/22 10; g66 9/22 21-23
conscription: g64 7/22 31; lg 238; g50 2/8 27-28; w39 331-333; ne 28-30; lt-1-30 204
cost and size statistics: g74 2/8 30; tp73 14; g73 9/8 29; g73 12/22 18; g71 8/22 6; w70 587; g70 4/8 29; g70 9/8 8-10; g70 12/22 30; w64 591
court case regarding Witness exemption: yb73 133-135
Greenlees v. Attorney-General for Canada: yb79 142-143
drug abuse: g73 12/8 4
early Christians: w83 9/15 30; sj 12; g83 5/8 29-30; g83 10/22 15; g82 3/22 7-8; w81 3/15 6; g81 10/8 12; w80 11/15 10; hp 167; w78 4/15 15; w76 250; w76 643-644; g73 5/8 23; g72 4/22 21-22; ad 132-133; w68 589; qm 276-277; w66 590; li 280-283; ms 357, 491-492; g65 4/22 18; g65 9/22 15; g64 5/22 12-13; g62 4/22 18-19; jp 230; w58 73; g58 4/8 8; w57 756; qm55 276-277; g53 8/8 10; rm 296; el 202-203; w49 106; g48 5/8 23; g35 9/11 784
experiences:
military personnel: yb86 40-42; w76 204; w74 342-343; yb73 236; w72 222; yb72 204; yb71 201; g71 6/22 21-22; yb69 99-100, 200, 206-207, 212-213; yb68 123, 141-142, 158-159, 206-207; w67 701; yb67 101-102; g57 2/22 12; g55 5/22 28; g52 5/22 27-28; g37 6/30 619-620
Witnesses during Spanish Civil War: yb78 156-157
Witnesses during Zimbabwe’s “liberation struggle”: yb85 170-172, 174-176
Witnesses refuse: yb86 63; w80 5/15 11; yb80 253-254; w79 6/15 5-6; yb79 35, 37, 104-108, 214; yb78 156-157, 201-218; g78 1/22 9-12; g78 9/22 14; yb75 11; km 6/75 1; w74 373; yb74 118-119, 123-124; w72 520
witnessing in military camps: yb86 79; w80 10/15 25-26, 28-29
France’s patron “Saint” Martin refused: w84 12/15 25
hymn in Book of Worship for the U.S. Armed Forces: w76 523
military polluters: g82 12/22 30
moral breakdown: g63 11/22 5-6
morale difficulties: g73 6/22 30
prestige declines: g71 2/8 29
saluting: g38 11/16 11
Witnesses commended for neutrality: w78 11/15 12; yb78 216-217
Witnesses during World War I: w79 6/15 5-6; yb75 119
Witnesses during World War II: w79 6/1 20; yb79 141-143; w78 4/1 7; yb75 205-207
Witness fined for his neutrality pardoned by President Carter: g79 7/8 29
Witnesses exempted from: yb75 208; w74 604-605; g74 12/8 22-25
Argentina: yb86 46
India: yb77 63-64
Sweden: w78 8/1 12
List by Place
Argentina: yb86 46
Australia: g73 5/8 31
Britain: w85 12/1 26; jp 157, 272-273; w55 557; g40 6/12 5-6; g40 7/10 12-13
Denmark:
conscientious objection: g78 1/22 9-12
Germany (Nazi):
few Catholics refused military service under Hitler (quote): g83 8/22 29
Germany, Federal Republic of (West):
conscientious objection: g78 1/22 10
pioneers exempt: g71 1/8 13-15
Greece: g83 10/22 15; w79 6/1 20
conscientious objection: g78 1/22 10; g78 2/22 5-7
India:
Witnesses exempted: yb77 63-64
Israel (ancient): ad 445; w70 378; li 267-269; lg 238; w49 102; w48 313
Japan:
survey as to youths’ view of conscription: g80 8/8 29
Netherlands: yb86 176; g52 5/8 17-19
conscientious objection: g78 1/22 10
Peru: yb79 214
South Africa: yb76 236
Soviet Union: w58 612
Sweden: jp 231; g50 2/8 27-28
conscientious objection: g78 1/22 10
Witnesses exempted: w78 8/1 12; g66 9/22 21-23
United States:
retired soldiers made subject to mobilization: g80 8/8 29
selective service regulations: km 5/83 7