Miyamoto, Atushi Archi

The author was a child passenger of the second exchange aboard the Swedish liner S.S. Gripsholm which was used as repatriation ship between the warfaring nations. Mr. Miyamoto returned to the United States as a teenager in 1948 and served as a lieutenant colonel in the US army until his retirement.

Atushi Archie Miyamoto's memoir entitled, "The Gripsholm Exchanges: a short concise report on the exchanges of the hostages during WWII between the United States and Japan as it relates to Japanese Americans" was based on hostage exchanges that took place between July 1942 and August 1943 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique and Mormugao, India respectively.

From the description of The Gripsholm Exchanges (Manuscript), 1941-2007 (California State University, Dominguez Hills). WorldCat record id: 680663212

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Manuscript. Atushi Archie Miyamoto memoir entitled The Gripsholm Exchanges: a short concise report on the exchanges of the hostages during WWII between the United States and Japan as it relates to Japanese Americans. These hostage exchanges took place between July 1942 and August 1943 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique and Mormugao, India respectively. The author was a child passenger of the second exchange aboard the Swedish liner S.S. Gripsholm which was used as repatriation ship between the warfaring nations. Mr. Miyamoto returned to the United States as a teenager in 1948 and served as a lieutenant colonel in the US army until his retirement.

From the guide to the The Gripsholm Exchanges (Manuscript). Memoir by Atushi Archi Miyamoto, 1941- 2007, (California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections)