Former Army Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia emigrated to the U.S. in 1994. He took night classes to finish high school and, in 1995, went to work at a Burger King to help pay for his college education. When the government turned down his request for financial aid, Mejia, then 19, joined the Army. March of 2003 found him an infantry squad leader in Iraq, fighting a war he believed to be morally wrong. On failing to return to his unit following a two-week leave in October, 2003, he was convicted of desertion and sent to prison; Amnesty International declared him a Prisoner of Conscience. He completed serving his one-year sentence at Ft. Sill, Ok., on February 15, 2005.