Kazuki Hirose

Released
Date of birth:15. 11. 1925
Date of death:26. 02. 2020
Age:94† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
Kazuki Hirose

Biography

Kazuki Hirose was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being confined at Heart Mountain during World War II, he was prosecuted for refusing military conscription and imprisoned at McNeil Island in Washington.

Photo: Tessaku, Kazuki Hirose oral history by Diana Tsuchida, April 2019; photographer not stated. Original-image crop; identified by the source (third from left). Source: https://www.tessaku.com/oral-histories/2019/4/2/kazuki-hirose . Copyright status unconfirmed; used for educational biographical identification at the site owner's direction. No permission or open license claimed.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act
Arrested: Aug 9, 1944
Sentenced: July 1945
Sentence: 2 years imposed. Served time at McNeil Island in Washington. Actual release date has not been established.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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