Japanese American Military Experience Database
Minoru "Mankie" Saito
Gender
Male
Birth date
1929-9-14
Place of birth
Ewa, Oahu HI, U.S.A.
Inducted
, Honolulu HI
Enlistment type
Volunteer
Service branch
Usaf
Service type
Peacetime
Unit type
Support
Units served
1503rd Maint Squadron
Military specialty
Senior clerk
Stationed
California, Montana, Mississippi, Hawaii, and Japan.
Separated
Long Beach CA
Unit responsibility
Aircraft maintenance
Personal responsibility
Clerk in the maintenance office recording maintainence hours on aircraft engines overhauled and providing records to headquarters.
Living conditions
Living conditions were very good. Slept in barracks. Had showers - furo (in Japan). Meals were very good. Drank, danced, listened to music for entertainment.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
Met all kinds of men from all walks of life - some women in the service, too.
