Japanese American Military Experience Database
Joe M. Nakanishi
Gender
Male
Birth date
1919-9-30
Place of birth
Martinez CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1944-7-10, Ft. Benjamin Harrison IN
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
Peacetime
Unit type
Support
Units served
MISLS A-3 (Graduated Snelling, Dec. 1944)
Staff Headquarters, Service Group, Army, Forces Pacific
Staff Headquarters, Service Group, Army, Forces Pacific
Military specialty
Military Intelligence
Translator
Translator
Stationed
USA: Camp Blanding, FL (442nd); Ft. Snelling, MN (MIS)
Other Countries: Manila, Philippines; GHQ Tokyo, Japan
Other Countries: Manila, Philippines; GHQ Tokyo, Japan
Separated
Camp Beale CA
Unit responsibility
Translating military documents into English.
Military intelligence.
Military intelligence.
Personal responsibility
Translator.
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal
Good Conduct Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal
Good Conduct Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal
Living conditions
Manila: Slept in army tents, outside cold water showers, meals were good. Recreation, none.
G.H.Q. Tokyo: Slept in warm buildings, hot showers, meals were very good. For recreation, sight seeing with buddies. We obtained the use of a jeep on such occasions.
Most vivid memory of military experience
We (G.I.'s) went up in the same elevator with General MacArthur and his staff during one of our lunch periods at the Dai-Ichi Bldg. GHQ and not a sound was uttered.
Missed most whilst in the military
State-side (civilian)
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
War is ugly with its devastation and casualties.
