Biography
Chester Shimane was arrested for refusing draft orders while confined at Heart Mountain during World War II.
The Heart Mountain institutional biography of Fred Katsumi Shimane explicitly identifies Chester and George as his brothers and reports that both refused draft orders and were arrested on April 7, 1944. The separate biography of George Fujio Shimane likewise identifies his younger brother Chester and states that they were arrested at the same time on April 7. These two biographies establish this arrest episode; they do not give Chester’s individual prison-admission or release dates, complete custody duration, or subsequent disposition. No sentence or release recorded for another brother is assigned to Chester. Fred Katsumi Shimane biography; George Fujio Shimane biography.
