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Kiyoshi Arakaki
| Sexo | Male |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1925-4-13 |
| Local de nascimento | Wahiawa HI, U.S.A. |
| Inducted | , Hq AGFPAC APO 957 |
| Tipo de alistamento | Draftee |
| Ramo das Forças Armadas | Army |
| Tipo de serviço | Peacetime |
| Tipo de Unidade | Support |
| Unidades onde serviu | 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion 8th Army, Yokohama, Japan |
| Military specialty | Plumber (164) |
| Stationed | USA: Hawaii Other Countries: Yokohama, Japan |
| Separated | AGFPAC APO 957 |
| Unit responsibility | 8th Army Utility Co. did construction, maintenance and repair. |
| Personal responsibility | Supervising Japanese men on jobs. The Army hired Japanese tradesmen to work for us. |
| Living conditions | Slept in barracks with community showers. We had rice three times a day. Japanese food and local food in mess hall. 1399th was called chow hounds (nick name). Card games and table tennis for entertainment. |
| Most vivid memory of military experience | I was transferred from the 1399th to the 8th Army Occupation Force in Yokohama, Japan, leaving the island (Hawaii) for the first time. On weekends I visited some resort towns. Tokyo, Nikko, Kamakura, Hakone, Mt. Fujiyama and many more cities. |
| Missed most whilst in the military | Mail and news from home. |
| Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience? | I came out a more matured person. I did learn a lot in a short time in the Army. Discipline, responsibility and independence. |
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