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Shigeru Iba

Gender
Male
Birth date
1917-4-1
Place of birth
Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1941-6-5, Ft. McArthur CA
Enlistment type
Volunteer
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Combat
Units served
MISLS (Graduated Savage, Dec. 1942)
I Corp 41st Division (Army) in Australia and New Guinea (Biak and Hollandia)
Military specialty
Military Intelligence Service (MIS) G-2, Translator and Interrogator
Stationed
Camp Roberts, Fort Lewis, WA; Ft. Bliss, TX; Camp Savage, MN;
Separated
Camp Beale, Sacramento CA
Unit responsibility
To find out military information through interrogation and translation.
Personal responsibility
Picking up prisoners and interrogating them.
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
Biak and Hollandia (New Guinea) Campaign where I got the jungle rot (skin disease) and was hospitalized for one year.
Living conditions
We slept on cots in tents in the jungles of New Guinea and Australia.
Missed most whilst in the military
I missed the movies and entertainments.
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