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Kei Mikuriya

Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1919-4-28

Lugar de Nacimiento

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-10-13, Ft. Sheridan IL

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

MISLS B-25 (Graduated Snelling, Feb. 1945)
ATIS - 34th Inf. Bat., 29th Div.

Especialidad militar

Military Intelligence
Interpreter
Supply Sgt.

Asignado

USA: Ft. Snelling, MN
Other Countries: Japan - assigned to Marine in Sasebo; transferred to 34th (Takarazuka).

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Occupation of Japan

Responsabilidad individual

Interpreting - when there wasn't interpreting, I helped in the supply room. Later became the supply Sgt.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

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.