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Wagner Bridger

Released
Date of death:10. 02. 2009
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Texas
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Wagner Bridger was a physician drafted under the Doctors Draft Law who invoked the Fifth Amendment on a military loyalty questionnaire. The Army gave him an undesirable discharge. The reviewed record establishes an administrative military penalty, not a criminal prosecution or jail confinement.

Case

Charges: Military loyalty proceeding after invoking the Fifth Amendment
Sentence: No arrest or jail confinement.
Convicted: No