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Erling Lunde

Released
Full name:Erling H. Lunde
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Illinois
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Erling Lunde was a conscientious objector court-martialed at Camp Funston, Kansas on October 15, 1918 and imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth (and its military hospital) and the Fort Douglas War Prison Barracks. His prison writings, "Letters from a Political Prisoner in a Military Hospital U.S.A.," documented the July 1919 Fort Leavenworth uprising and the brutal treatment of the Hutterite objectors. (Recorded as Erling H. Lunde of Chicago)

Case

Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Incarcerated: Oct 15, 1918
Released: 1919
Convicted: Yes