Graduates of Washington High School in Massillon, the Woodliffs said they had a strict upbringing based on their parents' faith, and that the real trouble began when they announced their intentions to become Marines.
If these men were baptized JWs then in all fairness they knew the consequences of joining the military. If they were baptized then I have no pity for them because they thorough their actions chose to disassociate themselves from all other JWS. If they were not baptized then shunning them is unfair.