02983nam 2200685Ia 450 991096833600332120251211110028.01-61277-201-3(CKB)2550000001039324(EBL)3119691(SSID)ssj0000835352(PQKBManifestationID)12411252(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835352(PQKBWorkID)10989594(PQKB)10816350(MiAaPQ)EBC3119691(Au-PeEL)EBL3119691(CaPaEBR)ebr10676124(OCoLC)868265712(MiAaPQ)EBC32426278(Au-PeEL)EBL32426278(OCoLC)1555345711(BIP)43283028(BIP)47797750(EXLCZ)99255000000103932419980901d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA few small candles war resisters of World War II tell their stories /edited by Larry Gara & Lenna Mae Gara1st ed.Kent, OH Kent State University Pressc19991 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87338-621-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207)""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Prison Memoir""; ""2. Why I Refused to Register in the October 1940 Draft and a Little of What It Led To""; ""3. My Resistance to World War II""; ""4. My War and My Peace""; ""5. My War on War""; ""6. War Resistance in World War II""; ""7. Reflections of a Religious War Objector (Half a Century Later)""; ""8. Prison and Butterfly Wings""; ""9. How the War Changed My Life""; ""10. My Story of World War II""; ""Selected Additional Readings""Little is known about those who openly refused to enter military service in World War II because of their convictions against killing.While many of those men accepted alternative civilian service, more than 6,000 were incarcerated with sentences ranging from a few months to five years.World War, 1939-1945Conscientious objectorsUnited StatesService, Compulsory non-militaryUnited StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanConscientious objectorsUnited StatesBiographyPolitical prisonersUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945Conscientious objectorsService, Compulsory non-militaryWorld War, 1939-1945Conscientious objectorsPolitical prisoners940.53/162Gara Larry1863056Gara Lenna Mae1926-1863057MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968336003321A few small candles4469471UNINA