Subject: Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources / People: Andrews, Bennett W., 1906-1994 / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1974">1974</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources People Andrews, Bennett W., 1906-1994 Year 1974

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Abstract:: Bennett Andrews was an absolutist conscientious objector during World War II. He served a five year sentence Danbury Prison, a federal penitentiary, in Connecticut. There he worked in a number of positions in the prison. Bennett Andrews was released from prison on July 11, 1946 and received amnesty from President Truman in 1947. Florence Andrews (born in 1913) married Bennett on July 22, 1938. She was also a strong pacifist, who fully supported her husband's C.O. stance.

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