Ray Yoshio Motonaga

Released
Date of birth:05. 01. 1921
Date of death:17. 06. 2015
Age:94† Deceased
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Ray Yoshio Motonaga 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.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act — Heart Mountain draft resistance
Arrested: Apr 7, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Released: 1946
Sentence: Served time at McNeil Island in Washington. Released in 1946.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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