Davis Abe

Davis Abe
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	36918429
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 2 (24 August – 17 October 1942)
Other class	Special Course 2

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Davis Abe was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.

Biography

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The timeline research also records 8/18/1945 As a member of MIS, completed short course SC 2 (Counterintelligence). Married Aiko Yoshinaga Miyazaki (1924-2018). Several years later, she divorced Miyazaki, then married Ritchie Boy Davis Abe, a Nisei soldier who completed Special Class 2 (SC2) on Counter Intelligence in August 1945. The 17-year old Yoshinaga married Miyazaki in 1942, with whom she had a child (Geri) in Manzanar Camp.

Research notes

• Course ended, 8/18/45

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Technical record

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Timeline

• 8/18/1945 As a member of MIS, completed short course SC 2 (Counterintelligence).
• 1945 Came to Camp Ritchie as Pvt (ASN: 36918429).
• 1949-1954 Served with CIC in Japan searching for Communists.
• NOTE: Yoshinaga is the author of “Speaking Out for Personal Justice” (2011) and was the researcher/activist responsible for getting the Government to admit its error in putting Japanese-Americans into internment camps in 1942. This resulted in the passing of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act. The 17-year old Yoshinaga married Miyazaki in 1942, with whom she....

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Davis Abe for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Abe, Davis for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: DAVIS ABE.docx)