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Paul Rack

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Michigan
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Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Paul Rack was a conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: was a member of the Socialist Party; was not a US citizen; registered for the draft on June 7 or 8, 1917 as a CO; interviewed by the Special Bd. on Feb. 14, 1919 at the Disciplinary Barracks for disobedience of orders; sentenced to 15 years in prison

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1917
Released: 1920
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas