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Japanese American Military Experience Database

Takeo Ban

Gender

Male

Birth date

1919-12-9

Place of birth

Lihue, Kauai HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-9-21, Ft. Leavenworth KS

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War,peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

MISLS B-36(Graduated Snelling, May 1945)
308th Mil Govt Group, GHQ Far East Command, Japan
Military Intelligence Interpreter attached to 5th Marines/Korea

Military specialty

Military Intelligence Service (Interpreter)

Stationed

USA: Ft. Snelling, MN
Other Countries: Japan; Korea

Separated

Camp Gordon GA

Unit responsibility

Provide military intelligence support to various units as interpreters.

Personal responsibility

Interpreter.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Attached to marine units in 1951 - Korea

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Army Occupation Medal for Japan
Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal
Victory Medal WWII
American Theater Ribbon
Good Conduct Medal
UN Service Medal
Korean Service Medal

Most vivid memory of military experience

Got married to Matsu while serving in Japan and having our daughter born in Japan while I was in the service.

Missed most whilst in the military

Missed my family (in Japan), when I was assigned for duty in Korea.

Additional information

I am a member of VFW Nisei Post 1961 in Gardena and a member of the Japanese American Korean War Veterans Association.