Torao Uyemura

AKA: Torao Uemura
Released
Date of birth:22. 11. 1925
Age:100
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Torao Uyemura resisted conscription while confined at Heart Mountain, arguing that his citizenship rights had not been clarified. He pleaded not guilty to failing to report for a pre-induction physical, was convicted, and was imprisoned at McNeil Island in 1944.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act — Heart Mountain draft resistance
Arrested: May 13, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Incarcerated: Jul 10, 1944
Sentence: Three years imposed; the prison admission summary records commitment to McNeil Island on July 10, 1944 and continued custody in August 1944. Its projected conditional-release date is not evidence of actual release.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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