Takeshi Hori

AKA: Tak Hori
Released
Date of birth:02. 10. 1912
Date of death:21. 08. 1988
Age:75† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
Takeshi Hori

Biography

Takeshi Hori 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 the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.

Photo: Kaku-Yamashita Family History, Tak Hori biography; photographer and photograph date unstated. Original-image crop; identified by the source (single portrait illustrating his family biography). Source: https://kakuyamashita.wordpress.com/tak-hori-biography/ . Copyright status unconfirmed; used for educational biographical identification at the site owner's direction. No permission or open license claimed.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act
Arrested: Mar 25, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Sentence: 3 years imposed. Served time at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Actual release date has not been established.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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