Japanese American Military Experience Database
James S "Jim" Kirita
Gender
Male
Birth date
1916-10-23
Place of birth
Riverside CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
, Amache CO
Enlistment type
Volunteer
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Combat
Units served
Heavy Weapons Unit, Co. M, 3rd Battalion, 442nd RCT
Military specialty
Artillery
Stationed
Camp Shelby, MS; Italy; France.
Unit responsibility
Heavy Weapons
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
Purple Heart
Living conditions
Lived in caves in France. Cooked with garlic amidst some protests.
Most vivid memory of military experience
When in training at Shelby, I received a gallon jar of taku-won made by mother who was interned at Gila Relocation Camp, Arizona. Everyone ate it like candy.
