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Alfred Buzzi

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Massachusetts
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Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Alfred Buzzi

Biography

Alfred Buzzi was a conscientious objector from Massachusetts imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 4 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: classifed as a 3, later as 7B; interviewed, on charge of disobedience of orders, at Deavers and on Feb. 5, 1919 at the Disciplinary Barracks by Special Board; sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 4 years; imprisoned at Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; member of I.W.W. …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: December 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 4 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Released 1919 (Dec.).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas