Torao Uyemura

AKA: Torao Uemura
Released
Date of birth:22. 11. 1925
Date of death:21. 05. 2022
Age:96† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
Torao Uyemura

Biography

Torao Uyemura resisted conscription while confined at Heart Mountain, arguing that his citizenship rights had not been clarified. He pleaded not guilty to failing to report for a pre-induction physical, was convicted, and was imprisoned at McNeil Island in 1944.

Photo credit

Tad Torao Uyemura, family obituary portrait published by Fukui Mortuary. Photographer and photograph date unknown. Original image preserved without alterations. Historical biographical use; no open-license claim. Source.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act
Arrested: May 13, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Incarcerated: Jul 10, 1944
Sentence: Three years imposed; the prison admission summary records commitment to McNeil Island on July 10, 1944 and continued custody in August 1944. Its projected conditional-release date is not evidence of actual release.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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