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Japanese American Military Experience Database

Katsuji "Kats" Abe

Gender
Male
Birth date
1929-06-05
Place of birth
Tacoma WA, USA
Enlistment type
Volunteer
Service branch
Army
Service type
Peacetime
Unit type
Support
Units served
MISLS (Defense Language Institute 1948)
Military specialty
Military Intelligence
Stationed
USA: Presideio of Monterey, Monterey, CA
Other Countries: Japan
Unit responsibility
Military intelligence
Additional information
Interned at Tule Lake, CA and Minidoka, ID Internment Camps.
Graduated University of Washington in 1956.
Retired from Boring Aircraft Co. after 29 years of service.
Active in the Tacoma Buddhist Temple.
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