Japanese American Military Experience Database
Haruichi "James" Hamasaki
Gender
Male
Birth date
1923-03-13
Place of birth
Hilo HI, USA
Inducted
1944-08,
Service branch
Army
Service type
War,peacetime
Unit type
Combat/sup
Units served
442nd Regimental Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, Company E
Military specialty
Infantryman
Rifleman-grenadier.
Cook
Rifleman-grenadier.
Cook
Stationed
Other Countries: France; Italy
Unit responsibility
Infantry
Personal responsibility
Rifleman-grenadier
Cook
Cook
Additional information
Recipient of Congressional Gold Medal for services in WW II.
Was attending San Francisco Junior College in 1941 but left college after the war broke out.
Interned in Stockton, CA and transferred to Rohwer Relocation Center, AR.
Volunteered for MIS but the war ended before he was admitted.
Was a former Hawaii Country Supervisor and an advertising sales representative for the Hawaii Tribune-Hearld where he worked for 31 years.
Was attending San Francisco Junior College in 1941 but left college after the war broke out.
Interned in Stockton, CA and transferred to Rohwer Relocation Center, AR.
Volunteered for MIS but the war ended before he was admitted.
Was a former Hawaii Country Supervisor and an advertising sales representative for the Hawaii Tribune-Hearld where he worked for 31 years.
