Biography
George Kazuo Matsuba 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.
1942 forced-removal chronology
The Heart Mountain institutional biography records arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center on May 9, 1942, followed by Heart Mountain on September 13, 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 George Kazuo Matsuba 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.
