Biography
Hogan was one of the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic activists whose 1968 draft-records action became a defining moment in Vietnam-era resistance. On May 17, 1968, the group removed 378 files from the draft board office in Catonsville, burned them with homemade napalm in the parking lot, and waited to be arrested.
Tried in federal court that October, Hogan was convicted of destroying government property and interfering with the Selective Service system and was sentenced to two years in prison.
A 1970 institutional custody listing
CCCO News Notes,2ndQuarter 1970,volume 22number 2,page 4, lists John Hogan under “Currently Imprisoned” at Allenwood, Pennsylvania. This later custody listing is separate from the verified May 17–24, 1968 pretrial detention currently dated in his case. It does not extend that short pretrial interval across the bail gap. This point-in-time newsletter roster does not provide the first admission day, physical discharge day, or total time served. No precise custody dates or counter are inferred from the publication period.
