The issue was not whether I belonged in the military but whether the military belonged in the Middle East waging war. I did not want to focus on the personal decision. I was trying to focus on the decision for which each and every American would have to be responsible. — Dr. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn
![Source: http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/1994summer/Summer1994_Piturro.php Dr Yolanda Huet-Vaughn.](https://s36500.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/1990/12/Yolanda-Huet-Vaughn-230x300.jpg)
Dr. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn.
On Dec. 20, 1990, Kansas reservist Dr. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn refused orders to serve in the first Gulf War (Desert Storm) and was later sentenced to prison.
Learn more from this interview, From Kansas City to Ireland: A Response to the So-Called Transfer of Power in Iraq on Democracy Now!
See a clip of Rosario Dawson reading a statement by Huet-Vaughn for Voices of a People’s History of the United States.
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