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Glen H. Witherbee

Released
Date of birth:1891
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Montana
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Glen H. Witherbee was a conscientious objector from Montana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. 27 years of age on May 4, 1918. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Cody; camp psychologist, Moore, listed him as the “basest type of malingerer; a brazon hypocrite”; court-martialed; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth; part of Group 2 of C.O.s released in Jan. …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: Jan 27, 1919
Sentence: 27 years of age on May 4, 1918. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (Jan. 27).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas