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Ed Guerard

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Connecticut
Time Imprisoned:
1 Day
Support
Anti-War
Ed Guerard

Biography

Ed Guerard was a Committee for Non-Violent Action pacifist and former Marine who repeatedly took to the water against the Polaris submarines. He was arrested after paddling toward the Abraham Lincoln at Portsmouth, New Hampshire on March 11, 1961, and swam toward the Thomas Edison at New London on June 15, 1961, after which he, Edward Sanders and Eugene Keyes were released within a few hours. He was arrested and briefly detained; no documented prison term followed.

Cases

Charges: Interfering with naval vessels — antinuclear Polaris-submarine protests
Arrested: Mar 11, 1961
Charges: Trespass during a protest at the launch of the nuclear submarine USS Thomas Edison
Arrested: Jun 15, 1961
Incarcerated: Jun 15, 1961
Released: Jun 15, 1961
Sentence: Detained and released within hours