Japanese American Military Experience Database

Hideo "Tom" Tominaga

Gender

Male

Birth date

1915-9-8

Place of birth

Pahala HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-1-3, Hilo HI

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat,sup

Units served

MISLS D-2 (Graduated Savage, Feb. 1944)
Translators & Interpreters Section, Armed Forces Pacific

Military specialty

Military Intelligence
Translator, Interpreter, Interrogator

Stationed

USA: Camp Savage,MN, Fort Snelling, MN; Anniston, AL
Other Countries: Tokyo, Japan; Antipolo, Philippines

Separated

Oahu HI

Unit responsibility

Military intelligence.
Translating documents in Japan.

Personal responsibility

Translating documents in Japan.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

None. War ended while on ship outside of Manila.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Asiatic Pacific Service Medal
American Campaign service Medal
Good Conduct Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

I was able to see my mother after 13 years, and sister-in-law and three children after 4 years. My brother was still in the service in Manchuria.

Most important thing to come out of my service was meeting Mary Saito in Boston. We were married in 1946.