Willard F. Heminger

Willard F. Heminger was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Alcatraz. 10 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: assigned to 14th Company, 4th Training Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade, Headquarters 84th Division, Camp Zachary Taylor (Kentucky), June 7, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); sentenced to prison for 10 years; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on Oct. 4, 1918 ; …