Japanese American Military Experience Database
Kei Mikuriya
Gender
Male
Birth date
1919-4-28
Place of birth
Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1944-10-13, Ft. Sheridan IL
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Support
Units served
MISLS B-25 (Graduated Snelling, Feb. 1945)
ATIS - 34th Inf. Bat., 29th Div.
ATIS - 34th Inf. Bat., 29th Div.
Military specialty
Military Intelligence
Interpreter
Supply Sgt.
Interpreter
Supply Sgt.
Stationed
USA: Ft. Snelling, MN
Other Countries: Japan - assigned to Marine in Sasebo; transferred to 34th (Takarazuka).
Other Countries: Japan - assigned to Marine in Sasebo; transferred to 34th (Takarazuka).
Unit responsibility
Occupation of Japan
Personal responsibility
Interpreting - when there wasn't interpreting, I helped in the supply room. Later became the supply Sgt.
Most vivid memory of military experience
Trying to talk to children in Japan - couldn't understand them and they said to me, 'You talk funny.' The kids spoke a different language than what they taught us at M.I.S.
