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Sunao "Phil" Ishio
Sexo
Male
Fecha de Nacimiento
1918-01-12
Lugar de Nacimiento
Berkeley CA, USA
Inducted
1941-10-01, Fort Douglas UT
Tipo de Alistamiento
Draftee
Afiliación Militar
Army
Tipo de servicio prestado
War
Tipo de unidad militar
Combat
Unidades a las que sirvió
MISLS (Graduated Savage, June 1942)
I Corps, Sixth Army HQ, ATIS (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section)
Especialidad militar
Military Intelligence
Asignado
USA: Camp Savage, MN; Washington, DC
Other Countries: Australia; New Guinea; Philippines
Retirado
Washington DC
Responsabilidad en la unidad
Translation of captured documents/interrogation of prisoners of war/ preparation of propaganda leaflets.
Responsabilidad individual
In charge of language detachments.
Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)
Papua Campaign
Buna Campaign
Philippine Liberation Campaign
Reconocimientos, medallas, menciones (individuales o de la unidad)
Bronze Star for performance in New Guinea Campaign
Presidential Unit Citations for I Corps (New Guinea) and Sixth Army (Philippines)
Condiciones de Vida
In New Guinea we slept on makeshift beds in the jungle.
We bathed in stagnant pools of water.
We had Australian hard tack and bully beef. Captured Japanese food occasionally.
No entertainment. John Wayne and Gary Cooper visited.
Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar
Rejection by starving prisoners of Australian bully beef. Filipinos yelling 'Baka' at us as we rode our jeeps in Manila.
Información adicional
Residence: Silver Springs, MD.
Retired Colonel USAR.
Founder of Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA) in 1992.
He obtained bachelor and master degrees from Georgetown University.
He joined Central Intelligence Agency after graduation and participated in the military reserve program, and served at various overseas locations, including Japan and South Vietnam.
Following his retirement from the CIA in 1973, he was employed by the Food and Drug Administration for 17 years.
Served a two-year term as secretary and then on the Board of Directors of the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, which constructed the National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During WW II, located near the US Capitol Building.