June 12, 1944

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Heart Mountain Draft-Resisters Trial

The mass trial of 63 Heart Mountain draft resisters-Fair Play Committee members who refused induction while their families were imprisoned-opened in Cheyenne; all were convicted in Wyoming's largest mass trial. (Shares Jun 12 with the 100th Battalion's activation.)

Sources

  1. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Heart_Mountain_Fair_Play_Committee
  2. heartmountain.org heartmountain.org/collections-archives/draft-resisters

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