Gender

Male

Birth date

1921-3-6

Place of birth

Florin CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-8-1, Chicago IL

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

Peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

MISLS A-2 (Graduated Snelling, Dec. 1944)
General Headquarters, Far East Command
Allied Translator Interpreter Service, Tokyo
War Crimes Tribunal, Manila, PI
441th Counter-Intelligence Corp Detachment.

Military specialty

Military Intelligence
Infantry
Counter-Intelligence

Stationed

USA: Ft. Snelling, Minnesota; Alabama; Georgia
Other Countries: Tokyo, Kushiro, Sapporo, Japan; Manila, Philippines.
I was recalled during the Korean War and was discharged at Ft. Ord, CA on 05/15/1952.

Separated

Ft. Lawton WA

Unit responsibility

Military Intelligence/Counter-Intelligence

Personal responsibility

Various:
Language Officer
PX Officer
War Crimes Trial - Language Officer

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

N/A

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

None recalled.

Living conditions

Living conditions were adequate at all sites where I was located, both stateside , Japan, and Philippine Island.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Exposure to Japanese POW's at US Embassy compound ground - War Crimes.
Also visiting various sites in NE Hokkaido as detachment CO of a small counter-intelligence unit located at Kushiro.

Missed most whilst in the military

Family

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

The ravages of war - seeing the almost total destruction of Tokyo - Yokohama area soon after arrival in December 1945.

Additional information

How ironic that an 'undesirable citizen' coming out of Manzanar got drafted and eventually was entrusted with war crimes and intelligence type duties. After accumulating sufficient points for discharge, many of the Nisei language specialists were not given discharge but were kept in the service while haoles were released.

The worst part is that when the Korean War started, I was called back by the Army in January 1952 and did not get discharged until 05/15/1952. All because of our language expertise.

Lost valuable time getting started with my career. Was assigned to Hokkaido, Japan during the Korean War. Did not see my first born child until she was 10 months old.

Residence: Pleasant Hill, CA