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Japanese American Military Experience Database

Jun Akagi

Gender
Male
Birth date
1923-05-23
Place of birth
CA, USA
Inducted
1945,
Enlistment type
Draftee
Service branch
Army
Units served
US Army Korean War veteran
Stationed
Other Countries: Korea
Additional information
Residence: Oakland, CA. Interned at Tanforan Assembly Center, CA and Topaz Relocation Center, UT. Successfully operated gasoline stations (Signal, Enco, Texaco) and partnered in the Diggery Inn and the Oakland Grill restaurants. Early in WW II he volunteered for the Army but was refused because of ancestry. He was drafted in 1945 and was stationed in Korea.
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