Grant Jiro Hirabayashi Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Grant Jiro Hirabayashi

State of Birth:

WA

Home State:

MD

Gender

Male

Race

Asian

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1941-1945

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

5307 Composite Unit Provisional (Merrill's Marauders)

Location of Service

Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Camp Savage, Minnesota; Bombay, India; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater

Battles/Campaigns

Walawbum, Shadazup, Inkangawtaung, Nhpum-Ga, Myitkyina

Highest Rank

Technical Sergeant

Prisoner of War

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [5 items] -- Photograph

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Memoirs [2 items] -- Typewritten document

Video: MiniDV [2 items] -- Oral history interview

Video: VHS [2 items] -- Reference copy

Video: Digital Betacam [2 items] -- Digitized Copy

Interviewer:

Terry Shima

Contributor:

Terry Shima

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Japanese-American Veterans Association (JAVA)

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/28498

Subjects:

Hirabayashi, Grant Jiro

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

Grant Jiro Hirabayashi Collection
(AFC/2001/001/28498), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress