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Frank Kazumi Okazaki

Gender
Male
Birth date
1927-2-13
Place of birth
Seattle WA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1945-8-10, Ft. Lewis WA
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Service type
Peacetime
Unit type
Support
Units served
Detached service from HQMTOUSA to 88th Division
Military specialty
Field Artillery Wireman; Photographer
Stationed
Ft. Lewis, WA; Ft. Sill, OK; Italy.
Separated
Ft. Lewis WA
Unit responsibility
Occupation forces.
Personal responsibility
Field Artillery Wireman basic training.

Photographer with the Army Pictorial Service.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
WW II Victory Medal; European Occupation Medal.
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
G.I. Bill of Rights for college education.
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