Biography
Jeffrey Porteous refused to participate in the Vietnam War after entering the U.S. Army in 1967. His oral history describes confinement at Fort Lewis, a court-martial sentence of three years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge, and fifteen months actually spent at Fort Leavenworth before his release in summer 1970.
Jeffrey Porteous refused to participate in the Vietnam War after entering the U.S. Army in 1967. His oral history describes confinement at Fort Lewis, a court-martial sentence of three years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge, and fifteen months actually spent at Fort Leavenworth before his release in summer 1970. Three years hard labor and dishonorable discharge imposed by court-martial. Porteous reports fifteen actual months at Fort Leavenworth, followed by physical release in summer 1970. Earlier Fort Lewis stockade custody adds an unknown amount; the entire three-year military career is not counted as prison time.
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