Theodore Kanamine
Theodore S. Kanamine | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1929 Army Criminal Investigation Division Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |
| Commands held | 716th Military Police Battalion |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Medal Bronze Star Medal Legion of Merit (2) Meritorious Service Medal (2) |
Theodore Shigeru Kanamine (August 29, 1929 – March 2, 2023) was a
Mỹ Lai Massacre in 1968.[1]
Born in
internment camp when he was 12-years-old.[2]
Early life
Kanamine was born in
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he studied criminal psychology; he later enrolled in the university's law school, graduating in 1954.[3] That year, he married Mary Stuben, a fellow graduate. Due to Nebraska state laws restricting interracial marriages, the couple wed in Council Bluffs, Iowa.[2]
Career
After commissioning as a second lieutenant through the
23rd Infantry Division kill hundreds of unarmed people. During his career, Kanamine served as an aide to General Creighton Abrams, who recommended his promotion to brigadier general.[5] In 1979, while in the capacity of provost marshal of United States Army, Europe and Seventh United States Army, he oversaw efforts to combat drug abuse amongst American armed forces in Germany.[6] He retired in 1981.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Rosenwald, Michael S. "Theodore Kanamine, Army's first Japanese-American general, dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ a b Peralta, Isa (7 March 2023). "Theodore Kanamine, the US Army's first Japanese American general, dies at 93". Yahoo News. Yahoo. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Theodore Shigeru "Ted" Kanamine". DiscoverNikkei. Japanese American National Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ISBN 9781644628300.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link - ^ United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (30 Jul 2012). "Drug Abuse Among U.S. Armed Forces in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, House of Representatives Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, Nov. 20 and 22, 1978" (95): 52. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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