Biographical Information

Name:

Grant Jiro Hirabayashi

Date of Birth:

1919

Place of Birth:

Kent, WA

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

Home State:

MD

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

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

Highest Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

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

Manuscript: Transcript [1item]--Typewritten document

Manuscript: Memoirs [2items]--Typewritten document

Video: DV-DVC (Digital Videocassette 1/4") [2items]--Oral history interview

Video: VHS (Video Home System) (1/2") [2items]--Reference copy

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

Interviewer:

Terry Shima 

Donor:

Terry Shima

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Japanese-American Veterans Association

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/28498

Subjects:

Hirabayashi, Grant
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

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