Samuel Sterenstein

Samuel Sterenstein was a conscientious objector from Massachusetts imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Jay / Governer's Island; Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 30 years in prison - reduced to 3 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; refused inoculation; court-martialed at Camp Upton on July 28, 1918, charged with insubordination; sentenced (along with Julius Eichel) for "defiance" to 20 years at Ft. Jay / Governor's Island (where 1 of 3 disciplinary barracks was located); …