Bill Henry

Released
Date of birth:c. 1933
Age:93
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Connecticut
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year
Support
Anti-War Committee for Non-Violent Action
Bill Henry

Biography

Bill Henry was a 27-year-old Committee for Non-Violent Action pacifist who, with Donald Martin, swam to and boarded the nuclear submarine Ethan Allen on November 22, 1960 at its launching in Groton, Connecticut — the signature act of the CNVA's Polaris Action campaign against the nuclear-missile submarines. He received a one-year sentence and is documented as having served a year at the federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut.

Case

Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury
Charges: Trespassing — boarding the Polaris submarine Ethan Allen in protest
Arrested: Nov 22, 1960
Sentenced: Feb 24, 1961
Sentence: One year. He is documented as having served a year at the federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut; his exact admission and release dates are not located, so no custody span is entered. On February 24, 1961, Judge Robert P. Anderson offered release if Henry gave a written pledge against further such actions; Henry refused. CNVA later connected his year at Danbury with both the November 22, 1960 Ethan Allen boarding and the January 28, 1961 George Washington boarding, when the World Citizen was seized. An August 1961 report describes two one-year terms served concurrently, not consecutively.
Judge: Robert P. Anderson
Convicted: Arrested and jailed November 1960
Plead: Guilty
Institution State: Connecticut

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