A few small candles
Subtitle: war resisters of World War II tell their stories
By: edited by Larry Gara & Lenna Mae Gara.
Contributors: Gara, Larry.; Gara, Lenna Mae, 1926-
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States.; Service, Compulsory nonmilitary -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Biography.; Political prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Description: 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. Some were tried, convicted, and reimprisoned for essentially the same offense - resisting induction into the armed forces - after their initial release.

In A Few Small Candles, ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today. Their stories detail the resisters' struggles against racial segregation in prison, as well as how they instigated work and hunger strikes to demonstrate against other prison injustices. Each of the ten has remained active in various causes relating to peace and social justice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207).