Japanese American Military Experience Database
George Yuwao Yamamoto
Gender
Male
Birth date
1924-4-22
Place of birth
Watsonville CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1945-6-1, Ft. Logan CO
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
War,peacetime
Unit type
Support
Units served
441st CIC (Japan); 181st CIC (Korea); 82nd CID (Japan); Alaska Communication System - CID (US)
Military specialty
Counterintelligence Corp (CIC); Criminal Investigation Division (CID).
Stationed
Camp Fanin, TX; Ft. Snelling, MN; Camp Holabird, MD; Alaska Communication System (ACS); Japan and Korea (1950 - 1951)
Separated
Ft. Lewis WA
Unit responsibility
Counterintelligence (CIC); Criminal Investigation (CID)
Personal responsibility
Counterintelligence; Criminal Investigation
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
While with the 181st CIC, participated with the 1st Marine Division in the withdrawal from the Chosen Reservoir in December 1950.
Missed most whilst in the military
Home cooking.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
The camaraderie with your fellow soldiers.
