Mutsuo Higuchi

Released
Date of birth:07. 06. 1925
Date of death:23. 09. 2013
Age:88† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Mutsuo Higuchi 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.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act
Arrested: Aug 9, 1944
Sentenced: July 1945
Sentence: Three years
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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