Gender

Female

Birth date

1923-05-29

Place of birth

Newberg (Rex) OR, USA

Inducted

1945-01-08, Chicago IL

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Support

Units served

Womens' Army Corp (WAC) Workman General Hospital Staunton Veterans Hospital Richmond General Hospital MISLS EW-11 (Graduated Snelling, May 1945)

Military specialty

Medical Technician Graduate Military Intelligence

Stationed

USA: Ft. Des Moines, IA; Camp Atterbury, IN; Staunton, VA; Richmond, VA; Ft Snelling, MN.

Unit responsibility

1). Ward care of veterans under the supervision of R.N. Officers. 2). Language specialist (Military intelligence)

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

None

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Military Service Award

Living conditions

Slept in WAC barracks. Bathed in shower stalls. Meals were excellent - balanced GI menus. Went to shows and towns for entertainment.

Most vivid memory of military experience

The most vivid memory of being in the Womens' Army Corp especially at Ft. Snelling, MN Military Intelligence Language School was the DRESS PARADE. It represented all 51 (47 Niseis, 3 Caucasians and 1 Chinese American) classmates. For me, it was a thrilling experience - I'll never forget.

Missed most whilst in the military

Privacy.

Additional information

Residence: Oregon. Interned at Minidoka Internment Camp, Hunt, ID. Shortly after being released from camp to work in Chicago, Rose and her sister Emiko enlisted in the US Womens' Army Corp, the first two Japanese-American women to do so. After graduating from Pacific Business College in 1950, she began working as a secretary and held positions with several departments in the State of Oregon system., from which she retired in 1984.