Gender

Male

Birth date

1915-11-4

Place of birth

Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-8-7, Phoenix AZ

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Support

Units served

MISLS (Graduated Snelling, Dec. 1944)
ATIS

Military specialty

Military Intelligence
Translator, Interpretor Section Allied Forces Pacific

Stationed

USA - Fort McClellan, AL; Camp Savage, MN; Fort Snelling, MN; - Tokyo, Japan; Philippine Islands

Separated

Fort MacArthur CA

Unit responsibility

Military intelligence.

Personal responsibility

Translator - interpreter in Japan and Philippines.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal; WW II Victory Medal

Living conditions

(Comments from his daughter) My Dad never ate Spam after the war - he had his fill. One of the things he talked about was the trip to Japan and Philippines on board a ship. It didn't sound pleasant.

Additional information

(Comments from his daughter)My Dad never talked about the War or Camp much. The information I have I discovered among his personal papers. My mother passed away last year (1995) and I'm beginning to realize how much I don't know about them and our family history. Roy Ida was a member of the Commodore Perry Post of the American Legion for many years. My Dad's family was interned at Poston and my Mom's at Gila. He was one of thirteen children. Five of the brothers served in the military.