Biography
Bruce K. Gagnon is a Vietnam-era Air Force veteran and peace organizer born in 1952. He co-founded and coordinates the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and has organized against military space programs, nuclear weapons, drones, and war-industry subsidies for more than four decades. He lives in Maine and is also active with Veterans for Peace. Gagnon was arrested and released after a March 27, 2026 peace witness at the Pentagon.
The Veterans For Peace newsletter individually names Dan Ellis, Dud Hendrick, Bruce Gagnon and Richard Lethem among people arrested at Bath Iron Works in June 2019. It reports that obstruction-of-a-public-right-of-way charges were reduced to jaywalking. No exact day, prison admission, discharge or completed custody duration is established. Veterans For Peace, Winter 2020 newsletter, original PDF page 13. Source: https://www.veteransforpeace.org/files/7715/8336/6388/FinalWinter2020_1.pdf#page=13
