ARMY SENTENCES 5 BALKING JAPS

FORT M'CLELLAN, Ala., April 13.--(AP)--Five Japanese-American soldiers found guilty of "wilfull [willful] disobedience of an order of their superior officer" have been sentenced to terms ranging from five to 30 years imprisonment at hard labor by an Army court-martial board at this infantry replacement training center, the Army announced today.

The soldiers, members of the 33rd Training Battalion, refused with 23 other Japanese-Americans to obey orders on March 20. They were confined in the Fort McClellan stockade, pending disposition of their cases by Army court-martial boards.

A hearing for the five privates began Monday night and was completed yesterday. The second of the courts is now in session trying five others of the remaining 23.

The convicted men and their sentences were listed as Masoa Kataoka, 30 years; Richard T. Nakamura, 25 years; Katsumi Taniguchu, and Utaka H. Morinaka, both 20 years, and Tim T. Nomiyana, five years.