Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana

Hideo "Tom" Tominaga

Sexo

Male

Birth date

1915-9-8

Local de nascimento

Pahala HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-1-3, Hilo HI

Tipo de alistamento

Volunteer

Ramo das Forças Armadas

Army

Tipo de serviço

War

Tipo de Unidade

Combat,sup

Unidades onde serviu

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.