Japanese American Military Experience Database
Sunao "Ted" Miyamoto
Gender
Male
Birth date
1925-8-16
Place of birth
Cutler CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1945-6-1, Camp Fanin TX
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Usaf
Service type
War,peacetime
Unit type
Support
Units served
Hdq & Hdq Sqdrn 1st Air Base Group (AFS); 7200 AF Depot Wing. Originally drafted for the infantry. Reenlisted in the Air Force 12/07/1945 (choice of AF or MIS).
Military specialty
MOS 345; My duties were mostly in the motor pool.
Stationed
Camp Fanin, TX; Fort Snelling, MN; Erding, Germany
Separated
March AFB CA
Unit responsibility
Supply
Personal responsibility
Staff Car Driver
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
WW II Victory Medal; Good Conduct Medal; Occupation Medal - Germany.
Living conditions
Living conditions were good - similar to stateside. Slept in barracks. Meals were so-so. For entertainment, free movies and free beer.
Most vivid memory of military experience
1). Berlin Air Lift. 2). Driving all the top brass around. 3). Flipping a staff car over on an icy road going to pick up a Colonel in Munich.
Missed most whilst in the military
Japanese food.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
Being able to travel, especially to foreign countries, at the expense of the military.
