Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
William Yoshiji Makino
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1919-12-15
Local de nascimento
Long Beach CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1942-2-11, Fort MacArthur CA
Tipo de alistamento
Draftee
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Army
Tipo de serviço
War
Tipo de Unidade
Support
Unidades onde serviu
Asia Pacific Theater
Military specialty
Interpreter Japanese 32D
Stationed
USA: Ft. Mac Arthur, CA; Camp Robinson, AR; Camp Grant, IL; Camp Savage, Ft. Snelling, MN; Ft. Lewis, WA; Honolulu, HI
Other Countries: Saga-shi, Tokyo, Japan; Sasebo, Kita Kyushu, Japan
Other Countries: Saga-shi, Tokyo, Japan; Sasebo, Kita Kyushu, Japan
Separated
Ft. Mac Arthur CA
Unit responsibility
Interpreter, interrogator and translation team.
Personal responsibility
Translation of letters and war documents.
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal
Good Conduct Medal
WWII Victory Medal
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal
Good Conduct Medal
WWII Victory Medal
Most vivid memory of military experience
I interpreted for American Army officers at Saga Army Hospital and saw all the radiation casualties from Nagasaki-shi. A horror and shock which is still in my mind.
Missed most whilst in the military
Family
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?
To appreciate discipline, teamwork and cooperation. War is hell, especially when you are against your own race.
