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Teruo Matsumoto

Released
Date of birth:15. 01. 1926
Date of death:10. 05. 2008
Age:82 Deceased
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Teruo Matsumoto 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 — Heart Mountain draft resistance
Arrested: Aug 31, 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