World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Toshiro Hiraide
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
West Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Lisa & Mark Hiraide
Relationship
children
TOSHIRO HIRAIDE SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE U.S. ARMY'S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (MIS). FLUENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND JAPANESE, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION DIVISION AND SERVED AS A TRANSLATOR AT THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.