Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
James S "Jim" Kirita
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1916-10-23
Local de nascimento
Riverside CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
, Amache CO
Tipo de alistamento
Volunteer
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Army
Tipo de serviço
War
Tipo de Unidade
Combat
Unidades onde serviu
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.
