Sam Isamu Shimane

Released
Date of birth:12. 06. 1925
Date of death:12. 12. 2012
Age:87† Deceased
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Sam Isamu Shimane 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.

Case

Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act — Heart Mountain draft resistance
Arrested: Mar 29, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Released: July 1946
Sentence: 3 years imposed. Served time in federal prison. Released in July 1946.
Convicted: Yes

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