His name did not suggest a conscientious objector. and he said. jokingly. "I have been hearing about conscientious objectors. but the only conscientious objection I have is to being shot." Of 3.700 young men whose names were listed in the first draft in that board. 2.000 were born outside of the United States. and only 1.700 were born in the United States. The fifth man on that list was a lad named Sylvestre Cucciari. an Italian without citizenship papers. We said to him. " Sylvestre. do you want to claini exemption? " He said. " No. I am going back to Italy to show them how much I love America." Sylvestre Cucciari went to the other side. He is now numbered with the 70.000 the books of whose lives were marked " Finis " on Flanders fields. and on him and them. native and foreign born. America has stamped forever her "Copyright."
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