Akira Hiroshige

Released
Date of birth:13. 03. 1922
Date of death:21. 08. 1985
Age:63† Deceased
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Akira Hiroshige was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being confined at Heart Mountain during World War II, he was prosecuted for refusing military conscription and imprisoned at McNeil Island in Washington.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act — Heart Mountain draft resistance
Arrested: Apr 7, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Sentence: 3 years imposed. Served time at McNeil Island in Washington. Actual release date has not been established.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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