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George Nakayama

Gender
Male
Birth date
1925-08-08
Place of birth
Val Verde CA, USA
Inducted
1944-12-12, Chicago IL
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
War
Unit type
Support
Units served

MISLS (Graduted Snelling, Sept.. 1945)

Pacific Military Intelligence Research Section (PACMIRS)

Military specialty

Military Intelligence

Translator

Stationed

US: Camp Wolters, TX; Fort Snelling, MN; Camp Ritchie, MD; Washington, D.C.

Separated
Camp Beale CA
Unit responsibility

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Personal responsibility

Translation

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

American Campaign Service Medal

World War II Victory Medal

Living conditions

Normal stateside military site accomodations.

Additional information

Residence: Gardena, CA.

Interned at Rowher and Jerome Internment Centers, AR.

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