Biography
George Masao Yoshida was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. He was confined at Heart Mountain during World War II and subsequently imprisoned for refusing military conscription.
Forced-removal chronology
The institutional biography records confinement at Santa Anita Assembly Center on May 27, 1942, followed by arrival at Heart Mountain on September 7, 1942. These are confinement-stage milestones, not a complete continuous-custody span or a change to the draft-resistance case. Heart Mountain institutional biography.
The Heart Mountain institutional biography records that George Masao Yoshida 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.
