James Masaichi Minatani

Released
Date of birth:15. 02. 1910
Date of death:10. 05. 1981
Age:71† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
James Masaichi Minatani

Biography

James Masaichi Minatani was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. He was confined at Heart Mountain during World War II and subsequently imprisoned for refusing military conscription.

1942 forced-removal chronology

The Heart Mountain institutional biography records arrival at Portland Assembly Center on June 4, 1942, followed by Heart Mountain on September 1, 1942. These are dated confinement milestones, not a complete continuous-custody span or a revision of the later draft-resistance case. Heart Mountain institutional biography.

Case

Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act
Arrested: Apr 7, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Sentence: 3 years imposed. Served time in federal prison. Actual release date has not been established.
Convicted: Yes

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