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Sam Martin 07

 

May 20, 1944 Sam Martin was taken to Calgary held in custody for several days.  He was then forcibly inducted into the army.  Medical and IQ tests were done on him.  He was offered to take officer training which he refused.  He was issued an army uniform which he refused.  He was charged and sentenced 28 days detention.

Audio Credit: Mennonite Church USA Archives Goshen, Indiana.

Hist.Mss. 1-835. Samuel V. Martin Collection.

Sam Martin telling the story of his imprisonment in WWII for Frances Greaser ca. 1982/83.

 

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