Biography
Walter Dorrell entered Vandenberg Air Force Base in mid-December 1983 to protest ICBM tests aimed at Kwajalein, painted slogans on missile equipment and was arrested. The February 1984 report states he had been held at Terminal Island Federal Prison pending a February 20 trial, establishing multi-week physical custody. December 1983 is the supported admission month, not an exact day. Trial scheduling and a proposed fast are not actual release dates.
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Walter Dorrell entered Vandenberg Air Force Base in mid-December 1983 to protest ICBM tests aimed at Kwajalein, painted slogans on missile equipment and was arrested. The February 1984 report states he had been held at Terminal Island Federal Prison pending a February 20 trial, establishing multi-week physical custody. December 1983 is the supported admission month, not an exact day. Trial scheduling and a proposed fast are not actual release dates.
Nuclear Resister No 23, February 12, 1984, original PDF 4. No demographic attributes, vital dates, exact unprinted release, nominal-completed total or current custody state is inferred.
The individual update expressly states Walter Dorrell was released April 19, 1984 after being sentenced to time served, with five years probation and 200 community-service hours per year. Almost four months is approximate actual service, not an exact day counter. His existing December 1983 admission retains month precision.
