Biography
Carl Kaoru Nakada 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. The museum documents his involvement with the Fair Play Committee.
1942 forced-removal chronology
The Heart Mountain institutional biography records arrival at Pomona Assembly Center on May 15, 1942, followed by Heart Mountain on August 12, 1942. These are dated confinement milestones, not a complete continuous-custody span or a revision of the later draft-resistance case. Heart Mountain institutional biography.
The Heart Mountain institutional biography records that Carl Kaoru Nakada was pardoned by President Harry Truman on December 24, 1947. This pardon is distinct from the earlier physical release from prison. Heart Mountain institutional biography.
