Japanese American Military Experience Database
Tatsuo Hataye
Gender
Male
Birth date
1914-6-26
Place of birth
, U.S.A.
Inducted
1941-3-3, San Pedro CA
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
Peacetime
Unit type
Support
Units served
Dodd Field, Ft. Sam Houston, TX - Induction Center
Military specialty
Truck Driver
Stationed
U.S.A.
Separated
Ft Sam Houston, Texas TX
Unit responsibility
Induction center
Personal responsibility
Driver for personnel, new inductees, supplies, etc.
Living conditions
Slept in barracks. Bathed in shower stalls. Ate in mess hall. Bowled and drank beer for entertainment.
Most vivid memory of military experience
Thoughts of family and girl-friend in internment camp.
Missed most whilst in the military
Japanese food.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
That I was not shipped to Japan to fight - as my kid sister was there. Also, as a Kibei, there was an added pressure to keep up as well as the Nisei.
