Takashi Hoshizaki

AKA: Tak Hoshizaki
Released
Date of birth:03. 10. 1925
Age:101
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 3 Months 18 Days
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
Takashi Hoshizaki

Biography

Takashi Hoshizaki 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: Mar 26, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Incarcerated: Mar 26, 1944
Released: Jul 14, 1946
Sentence: Three years imposed; confined at McNeil Island. In his narrator-edited Densho oral history, segment 27, Hoshizaki recalls being released on Bastille Day, July 14. An individually identified release photograph is captioned July 14, 1946. These sources support July 14 rather than the June 14 date in a secondary biography. Source: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-290-27/ ; corroborating photograph: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2016/9/14/tak-hoshizaki/
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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