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Andrew Olask

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Michigan
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Andrew Olask was a conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 2 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a CO; was not interviewed by Special Board; sentenced to 2 years in prison; was Russian, not a U.S. citizen; WAS HE A CO?

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1917
Released: 1920
Sentence: Sentenced to 2 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas