Jack Suetsugu Ishikawa

Released
Date of birth:24. 11. 1907
Date of death:04. 05. 2005
Age:97† Deceased
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Jack Suetsugu Ishikawa 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 the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act — Heart Mountain draft resistance
Arrested: Mar 27, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Sentence: 3 years imposed. Served time at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Actual release date has not been established.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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