"Colonel Hickman dictated to me the directive, signed by General MacArthur, to send
Land, Sea, and Air personnel into Japan, for the occupation of the Japanese Islands."
(Memoir, page 1)
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Joseph Jefferson Mickey |
Sgt. Joseph Mickey | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Arena
Camp Wolters, Texas; Leyte Island and Manila (Philippines); Tokyo, Japan
Technical Sergeant
Quawka, IL
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The piece of equipment which Joseph Mickey credits with saving his life in the Pacific
Theater of World War II wasn't standard GI issue. Mickey was the only soldier in that
area of operations who knew how to operate a stenotype machine, similar to what court
reporters use, and what many officers preferred for dictating documents. So after the U.S.
landed in the Philippines Mickey was taken out of the infantry and assigned to General
MacArthur's headquarters. He continued to work for MacArthur during the early days of
the Occupation. At the age of 86, Mickey still had that life-saving machine.
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