Gender

Male

Birth date

1924-3-5

Place of birth

Honolulu HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

, Honolulu HI

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

Hdq. Btry, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Military specialty

Radioman

Stationed

USA - Hawaii; Camp Shelby, MS; Italy; France; Germany

Separated

Honolulu HI

Unit responsibility

Combat

Personal responsibility

Radioman for liaison crew attached to 100th Infantry Battalion.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Rome-Arno; Central Europe; Rhineland; North Apennines.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

American Campaign Service Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal; EAME Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal; Bronze Star Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Living conditions

We own a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in Santa Clara. We sleep together in a double bed. I prefer to use a shower. Our meals are mostly continental, but we enjoy all different kinds of food. For entertainment, we travel in our R.V., fish, sight-see, take pictures and generally enjoy nature.

Most vivid memory of military experience

The battle to free the 'Lost Battalion' 141st Infantry, 36th Division in Bruyeres. It was a very hard fought battle and gave me the impression that life was cheap. Many lives were lost on both sides

Missed most whilst in the military

My family.

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

We were fighting and giving our lives for more than our country; we were fighting to prove our loyalty and that we were worthy to be treated as full citizens.

Additional information

I think the huge sacrifice of lives by AJA's has done a great deal to make AJA's and other Asians more acceptable to other Americans.