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John E. Mitchell, United  States Army 

211th Military Police Co. - llth Corp., 6th Army - 7th Army and also 8th 

Army Entered   Military service at Ft. Snelling, Minn., Oct., 1942. Honorable Discharged Nov. 30, 1945.Started Infantry Training and Combat Military Police trainng with 211th Military Police Co. at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. From Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, we went to Camp Young, CA where we took over traffic control from Desert Center to San Bemardino, CA. Left San Bemardino, CA and went to Camp Stoneman, CA in San Francisco Bay Area. Boarded the USS Montecello troopship and 28 days later arrived in Milne Bay, New Guinea. From Milne Bay, New Guinea went to Hollandia than to Aitape from special rescue assignment to go behind enemy lines to Hollandia, New Guinea were 14 of us were signed to guard General Walter Krueger. From NewGuinea we went to Finschafen, then to the Philippines Island then over Zig Zag Pass into Tacloban, Leyte. From there we went to the Island of Luzon and into the Manila, Philippines. From there we took over the Malois, Batangas prison where we guarded the Bataan Death March Japanese Imperial Marines. 

After Malois, we were on special assignment at the town of Gua Gua Papanga Province to protect the people against the Communist Hooks. Following that, we went to the Island of Moratai which was a U.S. Army bomber base where be bombed the Island of Helmahara, a Japanese bomber base 100 miles away. We bombed each other for 60 days straight. They bombed us at Moratai at night and we bombed them at Helmahara in the day. Following Moratai, our unit was sent on a massive invasion of Yokohama, Japan after the Atomic bomb was dropped. Our company took over the Yokohama Police station on D-Day H-Hour on the day the U.S. took over Japan. I was then assigned to C.I.D. at that time. During the war, I was involved in 5 invasions, as well as being a company medic receiving the Combat Medic Medal. I was also given the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Service Medal, the American Theatre Service Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal with Bronze Star, and the three-year overseas service bars, and no time lost under AW 107.

I then returned to the U.S. at Camp Stoneman, San Francisco, and discharged at Camp MeCoy, WI in Nov., 1945, with an honorable discharge as a Private 1st Class (As this time, I had the opportunity to tell them what I thought about all their noncom and officers.) Note: This is not included noncom and officers and my company. Following my discharge, I served three years with the Minnesota National Guard in Duluth, Minn.

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