Banco de Dados da Experiência Militar Nipo-Americana
Hiroshi George "Hiro" Mizuki
Sexo
Male
Birth date
1925-5-11
Local de nascimento
Santa Maria CA, U.S.A.
Inducted
1944-6-6, Salt Lake City UT
Tipo de alistamento
Draftee
Ramo das Forças Armadas
Army
Tipo de serviço
War
Tipo de Unidade
Combat
Unidades onde serviu
442nd Regimental Combat Team, 2nd battalion, Company F, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad
Military specialty
Infantry
Stationed
Camp Hood, TX; France; Italy.
Separated
Camp Beale CA
Unit responsibility
Infantry. Regimental Combat Team
Major battles (if served in a war zone)
Rhineland Campaign; Northern Appennines Campaign; Po Valley Campaign.
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)
Presidential Unit Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Combat Infantry Badge; Sharp Shooter's Badge; Bronze Star; WW II Victory Medal; WW II Occupation Medal; European Theater of Operation Medal with 3 Campaign Stars; Good Conduct Medal.
Most vivid memory of military experience
Sniper's bullet went through my helmet but I was not hit, only grazed my eye.
Additional information
At least I got to see parts of Europe good or bad. Especially after the war going on R & R's.