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Takashi Hoshizaki

AKA: Tak Hoshizaki
Released
Date of birth:03. 10. 1925
Age:100
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Takashi Hoshizaki 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: Mar 26, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Released: Jun 14, 1946
Sentence: 3 years imposed. Served time at McNeil Island in Washington. Released in June 14, 1946.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington