Japanese American Military Experience Database
Hiroshi "Miya" Miyake
Gender
Male
Birth date
1915-2-20
Place of birth
Seattle WA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1941-3-3, Ft Lewis WA
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Support
Units served
Medic, MIS 1st Cavalry - Recovery Team and GHQ Gen. McArthur - Tokyo, Japan
Military specialty
Interrogator
Stationed
Ft. Lewis, Washington; Ft. Hayes, Ohio; Camp Savage, Minnesota; Manila Philippines; GHQ Tokyo, Japan
Separated
Camp Grant IL
Unit responsibility
Sent to Manila to Tokyo with Recovery Team. Our duty was to send POW Allies soldiers back to Philippine (passport issued).
Personal responsibility
At GHQ, Tokyo, I was with Economic and Scientific Dept. I classified letters sent from Japanese people in Japan.
Living conditions
Slept in tent. Ate K rations. Took showers in outside showers. Played cards.
Most vivid memory of military experience
After duty, I collected leftover cakes from mess hall and gave it to Japanese children who were waiting for us every night at Hibiya Park.
Missed most whilst in the military
Missed Family and friends. Also missed Japanese food.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
War - does not serve all the problems in the world. We should all live in Peace.
